The Minnesota Twins announced Thursday that they will wear patches honoring Jacob Wetterling on Friday night against the Cleveland Indians.
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Jacob wore a red No. 11 jersey when playing youth sports.
A tribute to Jacob’s life, an outfield wall graphic, will remain at Target Field for the rest of the 2016 season. “Her son Jacob was kidnapped at gunpoint 27 years ago, and all that time she has kept the hope alive that he would be found”, Klobuchar said on the floor.
She also honored Patty Wetterling on her advocacy for missing and exploited children. Fans can go to twinsbaseball.com/auctions to bid on the jerseys. 11 for Jacob – 11 things that people of all ages can do so that we nurture a culture of kindness and compassion.
And after the ganme, the team will auction off 11 of the jerseys, including the “11” patch, with proceeds going to the Jacob Wetterling Resource Foundation.
The Wetterling’s ask if you put on Jacob’s jersey number, make a commitment to living with 11 traits: 1.
As part of the deal, which Jacob’s family approved, prosecutors insisted that Heinrich lead them to the boy’s remains.
At a plea hearing Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Danny James Heinrich admitted to kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing Jacob Wetterling on October 22, 1989.
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Several prayer services for Jacob are planned in the coming days.
