Child Killer Realizes He's Been Caught 30 Years Later - The Case Of Danny Heinrich

Child Killer Realizes He's Been Caught 30 Years Later - The Case Of Danny Heinrich In September 2016, 27 years after 11‑year‑old Jacob Wetterling vanished, Danny Heinrich—long a suspect—entered a federal court and confessed to kidnapping, sexually assaulting, and murdering the boy. He led authorities to Jacob’s remains and detailed the chilling events of October 22, 1989, including wearing a mask, handcuffing Jacob, and shooting him in a wooded gravel pit Heinrich entered a plea deal, admitting guilt in the abduction and sexual assault of Jacob and a separate assault of a 12‑year‑old boy named Jared Scheierl <...