The man who led authorities to the remains of Jacob Wetterling last week confessed Tuesday to the kidnapping and killing of the 11-year-old boy in 1989. Danny Heinrich, 53, confessed in federal court as part of a plea agreement on child pornography charges. Jacob was riding his bicycle with friends when a masked gunman abducted him and told the other boys to run. According to Heinrich, the boy asked “What did I do wrong?” during his abduction. The case remained a highly publicized mystery for nearly three decades until police found and positively identified Jacob’s remains over the weekend.
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