Transcript of Heinrich testimony

At a plea hearing on Sept. 6, 2016, Danny James Heinrich admitted kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing Jacob Wetterling on Oct. 22, 1989.

September 7, 2016

Transcript of Heinrich testimony — Disturbed dirt lies at the location in a cow pasture of a farm in Paynesville, Minn., where Jacob Wetterling's remains were found. Danny Heinrich, who led authorities to the location, confessed in federal court in Minneapolis Tuesday to abduction, sexual abuse and killing of Jacob in 1989.Judy Griesedieck for MPR News

Here is a portion of the transcript from Danny Heinrich's account before Judge John R. Tunheim in federal district court. Heinrich's description of the abduction and killing of Jacob Wetterling begins on page 17.

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