1. Patricia Lynn Wetterling was born on November 2,1949 and is an American advocate of children's safety and chair of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
15 Facts About Patty Wetterling
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Patty Wetterling was a candidate for the Minnesota Sixth District seat in the United States House of Representatives as the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate in 2004 and 2006, losing to Republicans Mark Kennedy and Michele Bachmann respectively.
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On June 18,2007, Patty Wetterling was interviewed on air by Minnesota Public Radio and discussed "Romeo and Juliet" offenders.
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Patty Wetterling has found common ground with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and joined them in declaring the Adam Walsh Act unconstitutional and contrary to public safety.
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Patty Wetterling decided to enter the race after Stillwater lawyer Janet Robert withdrew.
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Patty Wetterling received a $1,000 campaign contribution donation from US Senate candidate Barack Obama, one of only 3 political contributions listed for Obama that year.
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Patty Wetterling then entered the race for Mark Dayton's US Senate seat in 2006 when Dayton announced he would not seek reelection.
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Patty Wetterling withdrew from the race on January 20,2006, and endorsed Hennepin County Attorney Amy Klobuchar of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, who won the election.
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On February 3,2006, Patty Wetterling announced that she would run for Congress in Minnesota's Sixth Congressional District.
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On May 13,2006, Patty Wetterling won the DFL endorsement to face Republican state senator Michele Bachmann for the US House seat.
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In 1999, for the 10th anniversary of Jacob's abduction, Patty Wetterling decided to write an open letter to the abductor.
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Patty Wetterling consulted the FBI for advice on how to word the letter.
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Patty Wetterling offers compassion for the abductor, and says that all little boys, including the abductor when he was one, deserve a happy childhood.
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Patty Wetterling tells him she's sorry if he did not have one, that she does not see him as an ugly, dirty old man, and that she hopes that if he ever goes fishing and catches something he cooks it for Jacob.
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Patty Wetterling writes that she and her family are looking for answers, that only he can answer them, and that she wants to know what became of Jacob after the kidnapping.