Missing teenager Jayme Closs found alive in Wisconsin after three-month search

Jayme Closs
(Image credit: Barron County Sheriff's Department / The Associated Press)

The Wisconsin teenager who had been missing since her parents' murder in October has just been found alive.

13-year-old Jayme Closs was found on Thursday afternoon by a woman who was walking her dog east of Gordon, Wisconsin, the Star Tribune reports. Closs, who appeared skinny and dirty and was wearing shoes too big for her, "came up to me and said she wanted help," the woman who found her said, explaining that she immediately recognized her as the teenager whose disappearance had been all over the news.

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Brendan Morrow

Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.