Jayme Closs, the Wisconsin teenager who escaped after being held captive for nearly three months, will receive $25,000 in reward money.
Hormel Foods said this week that the money it had offered as a reward for any information about Closs' whereabouts will be donated to her, The Washington Post reports. Closs' parents, who were fatally shot in October prior to her abduction, had worked at a plant owned by one of the company's subsidiaries, and Hormel Foods had offered the reward in addition to the $25,000 offered by the FBI.
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After 88 days, Closs earlier this month turned up about 70 miles from where she was last seen, running into a woman who helped her to a neighbor's house and called the police. Authorities say Jake Thomas Patterson, who has been charged with homicide and kidnapping, held Closs in his Wisconsin home for nearly three months, but she was able to escape while he was out, CNN reports.
Hormel Foods says it hopes to set up a trust fund for Closs, which "can be used for Jayme's needs today and in the future."
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