Still missing: 25 years later, new billboards going up in new push to find Jacob Wetterling

The billboards will go up near where the 11 year old was abducted in 1989.

October 14, 2014 at 9:20PM
Billboard seeking information about Jacob Wetterling.
Billboard seeking information about Jacob Wetterling. (Dennis McGrath/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Billboards will blanket the St. Joseph, Minn., area in a new effort to find Jacob Wetterling, who was abducted 25 years ago this month.

Officials will announce the new campaign at a Tuesday news conference in St. Cloud. The six billboards will feature a photo of Jacob as a kid and a picture of what Jacob might look like at age 36.

Jacob was biking home from a convenience store with his brother and his best friend when a masked gunman jumped out and ordered the boys to the ground. He let the other boys go, but Jacob was never seen again.

Backed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the Stearns County Sheriff's Office and the FBI, among others, the new campaign seeks the public's help in the search. The billboards, placed in spots near the abduction, will urge anyone with information to call 1-800-THE-LOST.

JENNA ROSS

In this Aug. 28, 2009 photo, Jerry Wetterling and wife Patty, right, show a photo of their son Jacob Wetterling, who was abducted in October of 1989 in St. Joseph, Minn., and is still missing.
In this Aug. 28, 2009 photo, Jerry Wetterling and wife Patty, right, show a photo of their son Jacob Wetterling, who was abducted in October of 1989 in St. Joseph, Minn., and is still missing. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
1989: Jacob Wetterling
1989: Jacob Wetterling (Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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