The 21-year-old pleaded guilty in March to two counts of first-degree intentional homicide for shooting and killing Closs' parents on Oct. 15, 2018, and one count of kidnapping for taking the couple's only child from her home in rural Barron, Wisconsin. He faces up to life in prison.
He held Closs captive in his home in Gordon, Wisconsin, for 88 days, until she escaped on Jan. 10, according to court documents
Patterson confessed to investigators that he targeted Closs after seeing her board a school bus, according to a criminal complaint.
After he fled with the girl to his home, he created a space for Closs under his bed. When he would leave the house, he would put barbells and free weights around the bed so she couldn't escape, according to the complaint.
© Scott Bauer/AP, FILEKidnapping victim Jayme Closs, second from left, appears with her family and supporters to receive a "hometown hero" award from the Wisconsin Assembly on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, in Madison, Wis.
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