A man who admitted abducting a teenager and murdering her parents shouted "bye Jayme" as he was led away from the court.
Jake Patterson, 21, yesterday pleaded guilty to shooting James Closs with a shotgun through the front door of the family home in Barron County, Wisconsin, USA, last October 15.
He then killed his wife Denise Closs in a bathtub before putting duct-tape on Jayme's mouth and stuffing her in the boot of his car, according to police.
Prosecutors claim Patterson held Jayme hostage for 88 days in his rural cabin in Gordon, Douglas County, about 112 miles northeast of Minneapolis.
Court documents say he kept Jayme locked in his room and barricaded her under his bed when he had guests, according to court documents.
And he told authorities that he randomly decided to abduct Jayme after watching her board a school bus.
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Patterson yesterday pleaded guilty in a Wisconsin court to kidnapping Jayme and murdering her parents in a case that sparked a months-long search for the girl and ended with her escape and his arrest.
He tearfully responded "guilty" to the judge's reading of the charges of two counts of first-degree murder in the killings of James and Denise Closs and the kidnapping of Jayme, which will likely result in a life sentence.
Patterson's attorney, Richard Jones, told Barron County Circuit Judge James Babler: "This is what he's wanted to do, he's been consistent with that from the time that we met"
There were audible groans in the courtroom as he said "bye Jayme" to a news camera.
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The judge scheduled Patterson's sentencing hearing for May 24.
Nearly two dozen of Closs' family members attended Wednesday's hearing.
Patterson's father and sister were present, and both put their heads down and wept as the judge read the charges.
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Jayme's abduction and the murder of her parents terrified their small, close-knit community.
Hundreds of police officers and thousands of volunteers searched for Jayme from October to January, when she escaped from Patterson's cabin.
As part of the plea deal, Patterson is not being charged in Douglas County, where he is accused of holding Jayme captive.
As a result, details of the girl's ordeal in his home may never come to light.
In a letter he wrote from jail to a local television station earlier this month, Patterson said he planned to plead guilty to the charges and that he felt "huge amounts" of remorse.
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