“He thought that he could own me, but he was wrong,” Jayme said in her statement. I watched his routine and I took back my freedom.”She added: “Jake Patterson will never have any power over me.”Jayme and her relatives made it clear they never wanted Mr. Patterson to leave prison alive. Mr. Patterson, 21, who pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and to kidnapping, had faced a mandatory life sentence. But during the hearing Friday afternoon, it was up to Judge Babler to decide whether Mr. Patterson would ever have an opportunity for parole. The case terrified residents and mystified the police for months, and ended only when Jayme staged an escape after almost three months in captivity.

Source: New York Times May 24, 2019 20:37 UTC