17 Law Enforcement Vehicles at Site Near '89 Wetterling Abduction

ST. JOSEPH, Minn. (AP) - Investigators are at a St. Joseph property near where 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted in 1989.

Neighbors report seeing several unmarked law enforcement vehicles Wednesday morning at the property. Aerial photos taken by the St. Cloud Times show as many as 17 vehicles, all-terrain vehicles and trailers on the property.

Stearns County Sheriff John Sanner told the newspaper the county attorney's office had advised him that a court order prevented him from saying why investigators were at the residence.

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Update: Search At Farm Near Wetterling Abduction Site

News helicopters arrived today, though some squad cars and other vehicles, abandoned property near the place where Jacob Wetterling was abducted in 1989.

Power was in the property since early today, and some remained there vehicles at 5:10 pm Bureau of Criminal Detention van was seen leaving in the evening.
Sheriff John Sanner said the court forbade him to explain why they are there. The representative of the FBI E.K. Wilson said that the FBI is assisting in the search warrant in the area.
Two flatbeds, which had recently been parked at the end of the driveway this evening left with materials to create St. Joseph's parish festival booths. MPs told how they came out that more people will pick up additional material for the festival, which is stored on the farm owned by Robert and Rita Rassier.
Neighbors reported seeing through a number of unmarked police already at 8:15 am today in the property, 29 748 91st Street. in St. Joseph.

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Law Enforcement Converge on the Square Near The Wetterling Abducted In St. Joseph

Stearns County Sheriff's Office has converged on the area with earth moving equipment near the place where Jacob Wetterling was abducted in 1989, Patty Wetterling said today.

"I have informed this morning," she said while attending a seminar at the University of Minnesota in the afternoon to prevent sexual violence. "I told him about the search, but other than that I do not know anything."

Neighbors reported seeing several unmarked police Wednesday morning in the property. Aerial photographs of St. Cloud Times showed as many as 17 cars, SUVs and trailers on the property.

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