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Complaint in Closs case could be road map for prosecution

Focuses on girl's 88-day ordeal in suspect's cabin

Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald stands next to Jayme Closs' aunt Kelly Engelhardt as Jake Thomas Patterson makes his first appearance on video before Judge James Babler at the Barron County Justice Center in Barron, Wis., Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. Patterson, accused of abducting 13-year-old Jayme Closs and holding her captive for three months, made up his mind to take her when he spotted the teenager getting on a school bus near her home, authorities said. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)

Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald stands next to Jayme Closs' aunt Kelly Engelhardt as Jake Thomas Patterson makes his first appearance on video before Judge James Babler at the Barron County Justice Center in Barron, Wis., Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. Patterson, accused of abducting 13-year-old Jayme Closs and holding her captive for three months, made up his mind to take her when he spotted the teenager getting on a school bus near her home, authorities said. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)

MINNEAPOLIS — The criminal complaint charging a Wisconsin man with abducting 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents laid out the case in detail and offered a possible road map for how prosecutors will seek a conviction in the girl's 88-day ordeal.

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