On October 22, 1989, just after 9:00 p.m., Jacob Wetterling (11), his younger brother Trevor (10), and a friend Aaron (11), were cycling home from a convenience store where they had gone to rent a video, [1] when a masked gunman came out of a driveway and ordered the boys to throw their bikes into a ditch and lie face down on the ground. He then asked each boy his age. Jacob's brother was told to run toward a nearby wooded area and not look back or else he would be shot. The gunman then demanded to view the faces of the two remaining boys. He picked Jacob, and told his friend to run away and not look back otherwise he would shoot. [2] This was the last time Jacob was ever seen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Wetterling Sources tell 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS the remains of Jacob Wetterling have been found after Danny Heinrich, who authorities had named as a person of interest in his 1989 kidnapping, agreed to cooperate and provide information. The sources say Hein
I understand Rand was an orderly at Willowbrook from 1969-1979. Has he been linked to deaths of any of the children residing there?
ReplyDeleteThis was during the timeframe when state budget cuts forced massive staff cutbacks at Willowbrook, with patient/staff ratios jumping from 4:1 to 30:1 and sometimes 70:1. Geroldo Rivera investigated in 1972 and found naked, starving and abused children on the overcrowded wards.
It would have been easy pickings for Rand and would explain why he has no crimal history from 1969-1977. It's unlikely he would have stopped offending during that time period.
Willowbrook was cloed in the early 1980s, which coincides with Rand's sudden crime spree, including the abduction of a group of 10 kids from a ymca for a day of plane watching at an airport.
Does Willowbrook have death records of residents, as the death rates from hepatitis and pnuemonia was very high during that time frame?
Did any residents go missing during the decade he was caring for this very vulnerable population?
I wonder if any of the staff or higher functioning residents have been interviewed about their recollections of Rand, or his personnel files reviewed by law enforcement. There is no statute of limitations on murder.
I forgot to mention his first conviction for a sex offense occurred in 1969 against a 9 yr old girl. He has two other known victims who did not press charges in the mid 70s.
ReplyDeleteI saw a Netflix show about this 😭
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