Jayme Closs kidnapping suspect Jake Patterson charged with murdering her parents

A Wisconsin man has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of Jayme Closs and the murder of her parents.

Jake Thomas Patterson, 21, of Gordon, Wisconsin, is charged with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the deaths of James Closs, 56, and his wife Denise, 46, Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said at a news conference Friday.

He is also charged with kidnapping Jayme from her home in Barron on Oct. 15, the same day her parents were found shot to death.

Jayme emerged from the woods in Douglas County, Wisconsin on Thursday night, 87 days after she vanished, to ask a woman walking her dog for help. She was found in the remote town of Gordon, about 70 miles from where she was last seen, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.

Sheriff Fitzgerald told reporters that Jayme was able to escape a home in the area by foot and immediately found help.

Patterson was arrested after Jayme gave authorities a description of his vehicle, investigators said. He was pulled over and taken into custody shortly after she was found.

"It's amazing, the will of that girl to survive and escape," Sheriff Fitzgerald said, adding that they are not looking for additional suspects.

An intense search, which involved local authorities and the FBI, for Jayme began in mid-October after the Barron County Sheriff's Department received a mysterious 911 call and went to her home to find her parents fatally shot.

Authorities arrived at the home roughly four minutes after the call was made with Jayme nowhere to be found, Sheriff Fitzgerald said at the time. He told reporters Friday that investigators believe Jayme was the intended target, but could not say if she knew Patterson prior to her being kidnapped.

Almost immediately after she disappeared thousands of tips came flooding in, some as far as Miami. None proved credible at the time.

"I'm shocked," Kelly Engelhardt, Jayme's aunt, told NBC affiliate KARE on Thursday following news that her niece had been found. "It's what we've prayed for every single day."

Jayme was taken to a hospital Thursday night and held overnight for observation.

Sheriff Fitzgerald said Friday a “reunification process” is in place to reunite her with her family. Authorities hope to have her back in Barron County sometime Friday.

Those who found Jayme and called 911 described the teen as “unkempt” and said she allegedly spoke of being “locked up or hidden.”

"She didn't express any fear," Kristin Kasinskas told KARE on Thursday. Kristin and her husband, Peter Kasinskas, were home when they said a neighbor, Jeanne Nutter, pounded on their door shouting, “This is Jayme Closs! Call 911!”