Earlier this year, Heinrich's DNA was found on the sweatshirt of a 12-year-old boy who was kidnapped from Cold Spring and sexually assaulted just nine months before Jacob's abduction. Court documents say his shoes and car tires were "consistent" with tracks left near the site of Jacob's abduction, but couldn't be ruled an exact match. Jacob's abduction shattered childhood innocence for many in rural Minnesota, changing the way parents let their kids roam. In 1994, Congress passed a law named after Jacob Wetterling that requires states to establish sex offender registries. Officials with the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center posted a statement on its website Saturday, saying they are in "deep grief."

Source: ABC News September 03, 2016 15:31 UTC