'Jayme is safe': Investigators arrest 21-year-old man in Jayme Closs' disappearance

• Jayme Closs escaped from the remote Wisconsin residence of her captor before she flagged down a woman who was walking her dog, WJW reports. The suspect was arrested about 10 minutes later.

• Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald told reporters a gun has been recovered that is consistent with what was used at the Barron scene where Jayme's parents were murdered. Officials say the gun at that crime scene was a shotgun. Fitzgerald said a shotgun was also used to shoot open the door at the Closs home -- the door of the home was not kicked in, WITI reports.

• Fitzgerald also said the suspect, Jake Patterson, was not at the Gordon, Wis. home when Jayme escaped. While investigators do not know how she escaped, investigators believe Patterson was out looking for Jayme when law enforcement made contact with him.

• Investigators have not said if Jake Patterson knew Jayme Closs, but Patterson did work for one day at the Jennie-O Turkey Store in Barron nearly three years ago. An obituary for Jayme's parents, James and Denise Closs, says they worked at the turkey processing plant for 27 years.

via WITI:

BARRON, Wis. (WITI) -- “Jayme is safe.” Those words summed up a news conference held by the Barron County Sheriff's Department on Friday morning, Jan. 11 into the finding of Jayme Closs, a 13-year-old girl who has been missing from the Barron area since Oct. 15.

A 21-year-old Town of Gordon man, identified as Jake Patterson, has been taken into custody in connection with Jayme's disappearance. Officials say they expect to charge him with two counts of first degree intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping. Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald says investigators believe he killed Jayme's parents because he wanted to kidnap her.

Closs was located alive in Douglas County on Thursday, Jan. 10. She was expected to be reunited with her family that same evening. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office confirmed Closs was located in the Town of Gordon in Douglas County around 4:45 p.m. Officials said a citizen phoned in information that led to Closs being found. They also said a suspect was taken into custody in regards to this case minutes later.

“For 88 days, I've stood before you and said we would work tirelessly to bring Jayme Closs home. Today, I can report we have done just that,” said Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald. “88 days ago, we stood before you speaking about the unthinkable tragedy — and asked you to help us find 13-year-old Jayme Closs. For 88 days, you called in tips, brought us food, searched arm-in-arm with us, wrote us notes and never gave up hope.”

Fitzgerald said they believe Jayme was the only target in this case.

“Jayme was taken against her will and escaped from a residence at which she was being held — and found help,” Fitzgerald said. “I can tell you that the suspect planned his actions and took many proactive steps to hide his identify from law enforcement and the general public.”

“This case was challenging given the proactive steps the subject took to avoid detection,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Justin Tolomeo. “In cases like this, we often need a big break. It was Jayme herself who gave us that break.”