Patty Wetterling

And I get a card from one of Amy's friends. Every year she has her kids. Well, the first year I was like, what does it mean to be fair? What does it mean to be kind? And they each had a little explanation, you know, sitting by a new kid in the school that At lunchtime, you know, just I was at one school and there was a sign in the back. They'd all made posters and it said, be gentle with others.

And I get a card from one of Amy's friends. Every year she has her kids. Well, the first year I was like, what does it mean to be fair? What does it mean to be kind? And they each had a little explanation, you know, sitting by a new kid in the school that At lunchtime, you know, just I was at one school and there was a sign in the back. They'd all made posters and it said, be gentle with others.

It was really messy. I went up close and these kids had made it out of brown band-aids.

It was really messy. I went up close and these kids had made it out of brown band-aids.

on blue construction paper be gentle with others kids get it they want that they want to be good friends and i just think it's nurturing how we want them to be instead of just saying don't do this and don't bully and don't do you know it's like be kind be understanding and it is great discussion i hear from parents and kids all the time that it's helpful

on blue construction paper be gentle with others kids get it they want that they want to be good friends and i just think it's nurturing how we want them to be instead of just saying don't do this and don't bully and don't do you know it's like be kind be understanding and it is great discussion i hear from parents and kids all the time that it's helpful

Absolutely. Absolutely. Yes. I don't have the numbers in front of me, but, um, I think the National Center for Missing and Exploited or the Office of Justice Programs has, has numbers of them and it is brilliant. It's getting people while they're out, they're driving or they're on, they got their headset on while they're running and they're, they're looking.

Absolutely. Absolutely. Yes. I don't have the numbers in front of me, but, um, I think the National Center for Missing and Exploited or the Office of Justice Programs has, has numbers of them and it is brilliant. It's getting people while they're out, they're driving or they're on, they got their headset on while they're running and they're, they're looking.

And I know cases in Minnesota where one child was looking out the window and she saw the car, you know, called her mom in and, and they, they reported it. Um, It's empowering people to be part of the solution. And it's brilliant and it works. And I actually know one other case in Minnesota where a child was missing and it was an older guy that she was not supposed to be hanging with.

And I know cases in Minnesota where one child was looking out the window and she saw the car, you know, called her mom in and, and they, they reported it. Um, It's empowering people to be part of the solution. And it's brilliant and it works. And I actually know one other case in Minnesota where a child was missing and it was an older guy that she was not supposed to be hanging with.

And everybody texted him. It's like, dude, everybody's looking for you. Let her off. And he did. He let her go and left.

And everybody texted him. It's like, dude, everybody's looking for you. Let her off. And he did. He let her go and left.

um she was safe you know so it's like using the tools we have social media is out there where people are and it gets i've been in stores where an amber thing went on all of a sudden everybody's looking at their phone and it's it's it just made me smile you know yeah i mean that's the way kids come home is when somebody knows the story and they see something and it's like um how it is that we can use uh technology

um she was safe you know so it's like using the tools we have social media is out there where people are and it gets i've been in stores where an amber thing went on all of a sudden everybody's looking at their phone and it's it's it just made me smile you know yeah i mean that's the way kids come home is when somebody knows the story and they see something and it's like um how it is that we can use uh technology

The book was for me, you know, I was charging forward for 27 years. I was just driven. And it was a chance to reflect. I kind of like look back at what just what just happened. I really felt when Jacob was found, I went through horrific experiences. feeling a failure. It's like, oh, what was that all about?

The book was for me, you know, I was charging forward for 27 years. I was just driven. And it was a chance to reflect. I kind of like look back at what just what just happened. I really felt when Jacob was found, I went through horrific experiences. feeling a failure. It's like, oh, what was that all about?

I lived my whole life searching, my whole career, 27 years is a career, you know, and didn't get the answers we wanted. So I had to look at where we had come and what had happened and what things are better and just reflect on the whole journey. It was very therapeutic for me. A lot of people thought it would be too painful, but I'd already lived through it. So it was just like,

I lived my whole life searching, my whole career, 27 years is a career, you know, and didn't get the answers we wanted. So I had to look at where we had come and what had happened and what things are better and just reflect on the whole journey. It was very therapeutic for me. A lot of people thought it would be too painful, but I'd already lived through it. So it was just like,

making meaning of something that I couldn't make meaning of at the time. So that was good. Joy Baker was a big part of helping us find the answers because she was asking questions nobody had asked. And she found those other victims who had told the police, but nothing had been investigated way back in Painesville in 1987. You know, it was a different world then.

making meaning of something that I couldn't make meaning of at the time. So that was good. Joy Baker was a big part of helping us find the answers because she was asking questions nobody had asked. And she found those other victims who had told the police, but nothing had been investigated way back in Painesville in 1987. You know, it was a different world then.