By Terry James
NORMAL – One year ago, the mother of Minnesota’s Jacob Wetterling came to Normal to speak to parents about keeping children safe.
On Tuesday, the man responsible for the 1989 abduction revealed the disturbing details of the child’s murder in court. Patty Wetterling spoke with Terry James on his show last year and revealed her hope that Jacob would be found alive.
“I knew we had work to do to find out more about the issue and how can we protect our children from having this happen and how can we raise a world where children aren’t fearful?” asked Wetterling. “Because scared kids are not safer. Putting fear in them is not helpful.”
Wetterling says you should never be afraid to stand up for a child if something seems out of the ordinary. She says that’s how other children have been found years after they went missing.
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