In the early hours of the morning on October 15, 2018, Jayme Closs lay peacefully sleeping in her bed. The 13-year-old lived with her loving parents, James and Denise, in the quiet town of Barron, Wisconsin – population 3300.
At 1am, the family dog began to bark frantically, waking Jayme. Peering out the window, the teen saw a shadowy figure, dressed in black and holding a pump action shotgun, approaching the house.
Terrified, she ran to wake her parents. Denise and Jayme rushed to the bathroom, locked the door and hid in the bathtub, pulling the shower curtain across and waiting while dad James went to the front door.
As he called out to the stranger, asking to see his badge – thinking him to be a police officer –…