Jacob Wetterling

Patty Wetterling's book, "Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope," details what her family went through when Jacob Wetterling was taken.

For nearly three decades, Jacob Wetterling?s disappearance was one of Minnesota?s most well-known missing persons cases.

Patty Wetterling, whose son Jacob Wetterling, was abducted and killed in St. Joseph, Minnesota in 1989, reacts to the news that missing Barron, Wisconsin teenager Jayme Closs was found alive after nearly three months.

Newly released audio of a jail phone call reveals Danny Heinrich admitting to killing Jacob Wetterling, but saying he is not a ?monster.?

Newly released audio of a jail phone call reveals Danny Heinrich admitting to killing Jacob Wetterling, but saying he is not a ?monster.?

Scheierl was assaulted by Danny Heinrich in 1989, months before Heinrich murdered Jacob Wetterling

Over the decades the approach toward missing children cases has evolved.

Running Home for Jacob kicks off Saturday at Phalen Park in St. Paul.

A retired FBI investigator defends the handling of the Jacob Wetterling investigation.

Authorities released the Jacob Wetterling case file to the public Thursday?more than 41,000 pages detailing the nearly 30-year investigation from�Jacob?s abduction in 1989 to his killer Danny Heinrich?s confession in 2016.�

Former FBI investigator Al Garber disagreed with the Stearns County Sheriff's re-telling of the Wetterling case file. Later, Garber sat down with Fox 9 to discuss his qualms with Gudmundson's?presentation.

Stearns County Sheriff Don Gudmundson repeatedly emphasized the Jacob Wetterlinginvestigation ?went off the rails? early on.�

Scouring through files of the Wetterling case file, the amount of physical evidence in the Wetterling investigation is staggering. It looks like it was all there from the beginning, yet the dots were never connected.

Stearns County Sheriff Don Gudmundson detailed the Wetterling investigation with a power point presentation to reporters Thursday, ahead of the case file release. He repeatedly emphasized the investigation ?went off the rails? early on.�

Authorities released the Jacob Wetterling case file to the public Thursday?more than 41,000 pages detailing the nearly 30-year investigation from?Jacob?s abduction in 1989 to his killer Danny Heinrich?s confession in 2016.?

Former FBI investigator Al Garber took the podium at the Stearns County Sheriff's Office press conference to defend the FBI's involvement in the Jacob Wetterling investigation, but Sheriff Don Gudmundson cut him off, telling him to "take it outside."

Stearns County Sheriff Don Gudmundson hosted a press conference to give details regarding the release of the Jacob Wetterling case files.

After nearly 30 years, Fox 9 will be getting an in-depth look at the investigation into one of Minnesota's most notorious criminal cases.