About 100 yards up that road, there is an approach and -- to a field next to a grove of trees. They hope that someone will contact law enforcement and lead them to Jacob. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Wetterling was a middle child in a stable home with two caring parents, Jerry and Patty. Jared left Cold Spring, and for 25 years anniversaries passed with no answers and no arrests. We can't take away their freedom. They cooperated. MR. SCHLEICHER: The tape was a videotape? He thought someone was stealing wood. "I think we still have birthday presents in our garage wrapped up for Jacob from the first few years," she said. ''The number of leads has decreased,'' said Jim Kostreba, chief deputy sheriff in Stearns County. THE DEFENDANT: Yes, I did. MR. SCHLEICHER: What was your purpose in removing the shoes and throwing them --, THE DEFENDANT: I, I just noticed that I hadn't buried them with him so --. said Trevor. In 2004, investigators got their big break. What did you do after you placed him in your vehicle? "We can't change what happened, but we can learn from it," Gudmundson said. Theres a sadness that I didnt have. The book is called "What About Me?". I dont know how to do it. During an interview at St. Marks Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis, the Wetterlings covered a variety of topics, including the death penalty, their relationship and the sex-offender registry list. So not only was I in high emotional distress missing Jacob, I was looked at by many as being responsible.. They did. This latest lead came as Jacob's only brother and two sisters were finishing a survival guide to help other kids who have also had a sibling abducted. #24,655 Missing Since '84 Mrs. Wetterling said it was important for children to understand that a kidnapping like Jacob's - an armed stranger lurking in the background - was not common. 2013 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Was it you? For him, it meant a lot, because nobody was ever going to look at him as a suspect again. If it was him, where did he like to hang out? The Wetterlings believe someone knows what happened to Jacob and provide them with answers. Thats the thing we were trying to figure out. My brother is missing,' '' said his mother, Patty Wetterling. Armed with a gun, he forced the trio to throw their bikes in a ditch before lying face-down on the road. It is also about changing the lives of so many children and parents, who prayed for Jacobs return and lived in the fear that someone like you someone evil would come out of the darkness, out of the woods, out of the bushes, from around the corner, abuse them and take them away, never to be seen again. Heinrich confessed to grabbing Scheirel, throwing him into his car, sexually assaulting him and then leaving him on rural road without his pants or underwear. The 11-year-old was taken at the end of Dan Rassier's -mile long driveway. In October 1989, a masked gunman kidnapped Jacob Wetterling in St. Joseph. Sadly, he had to revisit the ordeal in his mind, hoping for a lead to Jacobs safe return. I sometimes wonder if (Heinrich) ever read that, she said Tuesday. Feeling frustrated that police didnt go after Heinrich harder doesnt help, Patty Wetterling said. Thats just a fact, Jerry Wetterling said. They only agreed to talk publicly about their experiences to raise awareness of the sibling survival guide. "That is what I told police from the beginning.". First published on May 22, 2007 / 6:44 PM. He never talked. He said he did not feel as if investigators were looking at him. But they didnt have anything evidentiary to arrest him. Had he not told us where Jacob was, I dont know that we ever would have found him, Patty Wetterling said. From Albany, I got off the interstate and hit another country -- county road that went to Roscoe, And then after you returned the Bobcat and camouflaged the site, did you walk back home? It was never loaded until that point. THE DEFENDANT: I handcuffed him and put him in the front passenger seat of my car. Cloud, and released balloons with handwritten messages to Jacob. A lot of police activity started coming over the radio, so I decided I would head back to my home town of Paynesville. It is not normal for a 10-year-old to sleep on the floor of their parents room. First published on September 20, 2018 / 5:49 PM. Source: Vimbuzz.com Related Posts 2014 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Trevor Wetterling was just 10 years old when his older brother Jacob was abducted at gunpoint in 1989 near the family's home in St. Joseph, Minn. Heinrich, who had been charged with 25 counts of child pornography, pleaded guilty last month to one count of receiving child pornography. THE DEFENDANT: I drove as close as I could to a grove of trees. WebTrevor Wetterling is on Facebook. He has talked a lot with the family counselor, who has made sure to stress that Trevor should feel no guilt about what happened to Jacob, a reaction his parents had feared. He asked if Aaron could come over. In October 2015, Heinrich is arrested on child pornography charges, In August 2016, Heinrich provides a statement regarding Wetterling's abduction and murder. MR. SCHLEICHER: You had a shovel with you? I feel like Jacob wasnt done. In the video, Amy talked about facing Jacob's birthdays without knowing where he was. Hide Archive footage (1 credit) 2016 In the Dark (Podcast Series documentary) Self - Jacob's Brother. He agreed to the federal charge, Patty Wetterling said, because he didnt want to do any time in Minnesota prisons. The couple does not believe in the death penalty. Her work has also appeared in a number of magazines, including Mpls/St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Business Monthly and Minnesota Magazine. In October What caliber and type was it? "I think it's time for people to share their stories," Baker said. "I sometimes have dreams about it that I don't really remember," said Trevor. He said he and Patty spent thousands of dollars hiring psychics and private investigators and that their marriage suffered. You can read the sibling survival guide and watch the video by going to these links. We wanted Jacob to have a family to come home to, she said. ''We don't know yet the probabilities that are involved in child abductions,'' Ms. Cartwright said. The owner voluntarily drove the vehicle to detectives, who had the Cold spring boy sit in the vehicle. He then asked the three their ages, and since Trevor was the youngest, Danny allowed him to escape into the woods. I took him over to the edge of the grove of trees. THE DEFENDANT: I, I, I can't remember. Patty and Jerry Wetterling at the last minute decided to go to a party in Clearwater. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. That was the last that Trevor Wetterling has seen of his big brother. On the way I said -- Are you taking me home? No one drives like that in broad daylight," Rassier said. Lets get youth the right help, not register them. You walked over across the highway to a location of a rural farm in rural Paynesville, is that right? In return, Heinrich will not be prosecuted for murder, which has no statute of limitations, and 24 other counts of pornography have been dropped. MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Nearly 30 years since Jacob Wetterling's abduction,authorities have released most of the files related to the investigation. You showed law enforcement the location of that second grave site as best you were able, is that right? Yet, years passed without any news of the missing boy, and with time, his family began fearing the worst. But then he said he had to let that go because he finally recognized, we caught the bogeyman, she said. Its all still sort of sorting itself out, she said. Rassier says later that night, before he went to bed, he saw a second car come into his driveway and turn around -- a car that does not match the description of a car investigators ruled out in 2004. MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- WCCO-TV has learned that a key piece of evidence in the Jacob Wetterling abduction -- a 911 call -- was never saved. MR. SCHLEICHER: And after you pointed out the location of the grave site, you were transported in custody away from the scene and were returned to jail, is that right? Many people were pointing the finger at me as responsible for Jacobs kidnapping because I didnt show enough emotion during many media interviews, he said. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office is now actively investigating all of the Paynesville cases to see if they are connected to Jacob Wetterling's disappearance. MR. SCHLEICHER: All right. I asked him to undress. Please enter valid email address to continue. This has never been easy. I can't remember what other clothing. MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Few Minnesota crimes are as notorious as the unsolved abduction of Jacob Wetterling. You can get dressed, and I got dressed. Nearly 25 years later, everyone remembers Wetterling's name. We see that you have javascript disabled. He said kids were sometimes cruel, second-guessing how he handled the situation. "He thought he was Jacob, he had amnesia and all that and that was, I mean it was hopeful, 'cause that's the only explanation I can really have right now as to why he hasn't come home, you know, other than the worst possible situation. Trevor has many family members and associates who include Jacob Wetterling, Patricia Wetterling, Jerry Lued, Amy Teigen and Rodney Hansen. Aaron Larson felt so much guilt about what happened on the night of Oct. 22, 1989, the night that Danny Heinrich abducted, molested and killed his best friend Jacob, that he left the state and later left the country. THE DEFENDANT: Back to 121 Washburn Avenue, the Plaza Apartments, downtown Paynesville. MR. SCHLEICHER: Did you then return to the site to make any effort to conceal what you did? On the way back to the car, there was a patrol car that came down the road with no siren with its lights, and it headed east on Paynesville. ''But it doesn't do me any good to think of the things that could be happening to Jacob, to think that maybe he's not coming home.''. MR. SCHLEICHER: What did you do when you transferred the remains to this farm property? They followed him. The couple has six grandchildren, ranging in age from 2 to 12. There is no mention of Heinrich following his release until background investigations are noted in March and April of 1990. MR. SCHLEICHER: You told him that you had to go to the bathroom? Do I change it up? I raised the revolver again and shot him again, and that's when he fell to the ground. Rassier says he is shocked that the audio was not saved. She is getting A's, acting in a school play and helping around the house. Are we doing what we set out to do? He was investigated really strongly back in January of 1990, and we were aware of that investigation, Jerry Wetterling said. Rassier was not questioned until the morning after the abduction when he was pulled out of his class by detectives who searched his car and questioned him for 45 minutes. Rassier said. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. I really dont. Nine years after Jacobs abduction, Patty Wetterling wrote an open letter to his abductor. The proceedings then turned to the Wetterling case. Nevertheless, we can confirm that he currently lives in Centennial, Colorado, and has built a happy life surrounded by his loved ones. Paynesville is just a few miles from where both boys were abducted. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. MR. SCHLEICHER: All right. He caused unparalleled anguish for so many people. I reached for my revolver. He just wanted to go home. He described it as very similar to the car in which he was abducted, rating it as an 8 or 9 out of 10 in similarity. "We all came together and realized how similar our experiences were," said Carmen. Can you just briefly describe the scanner? "I learned how to focus on other things," Jared said. So I said, Okay. Rassier worries it may be too late, however. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. It wasnt a matter of not being aggressive enough. Federal prison cant be a happy place to be, but its well deserved. Heinrich, who took Jacob less than a mile from his home in St. Joseph, was questioned in 1989 and 1990 about the boys disappearance, but he denied any involvement. '', A letter from Barbara Bush arrived the other day. He then leads police to the location of Wetterling's body. THE DEFENDANT: I left him, and I went home. She reminded the abductor that he, like Jacob, had once been an 11-year-old boy, and that something very wrong must have happened to him. / CBS Minnesota. MR. SCHLEICHER: Do you recall what their answers were? MR. SCHLEICHER: All right. I need to clarify a few things. Once the case was reopened in 2015, the police reinterviewed several witnesses and even reexamined the evidence they had already collected. A tree or a bush. I gathered up as much as I could and put it into the bag and transported it across the highway there to his final resting spot. Rassier says after hesearched the buildings on the farm property and returned to the farmhouse, law enforcement was everywhere. I said I can't take you all the way home. In 2010, law enforcement conducted a highly-publicized search of the Rassier farm, including the gravel pit, and found nothing. Please enter valid email address to continue. I dont want to do that, Patty Wetterling said. THE DEFENDANT: I didn't drive. MR. SCHLEICHER: I need you to tell the Court what happened on that evening beginning around 8:00 p.m. in the city and town of St. Joseph, that area. It was a very emotional ceremony with lots of tears and hugs as the video was shown in a packed theater. All the times our parents went on TV begging and pleading for answers, and he just watched. He had no meaningful work. MR. SCHLEICHER: Okay. Six days after the kidnapping, law enforcement searched the farm. She too is hoping someone will come forward for the Paynesville victims, for Jared and for her son. When we got out of St. Joe, I told him he could sit back up. I undressed. It went off. For Jared, the weeks after the Wetterling abduction were filled with grueling interviews with law enforcement. You know, its a commitment, Jerry Wetterling said. His courage against the demons of his past is truly inspiring, and we hope he remains happy in the years to come. I wrestle with the Why? of all this. "They had a chopper up with a spotlight on," Rassier said. We need to revisit some of that. I believe that life is hard. In January, he returned to work nearly full time. THE DEFENDANT: I placed Jacob in the grave, and then I covered it back up with the Bobcat. A BCA agent asked him to confess. ''It's no good for parents to become neurotic,'' she said. I hated how I left him.. We obviously were served a pretty good dose, but I admire her and I love her. Jacob has not been seen since. Jacob Wetterling Resource Center, which works to help communities and families prevent child exploitation, and Patty Wetterling became a national advocate for children. Im so sorry, he said. Jacob Wetterlings younger sister Carmen is afraid of helicopters, cant stand to be alone and struggles to answer the question How many brothers and sisters do you have?, When older sister Amy closes her eyes at night, she sees an innocent young boy, cold and afraid, in those last moments of his life.. There were times when we didnt know ourselves how things were going to go, but it was a promise, and we did it, and Im really quite proud of that.. He said a BCA agent told him, "they are saying you were way too nervous, way too upset to be concerned about some wood being stolen.". MR. SCHLEICHER: Okay. When Trevor Wetterling decided to accompany his brother, Jacob Wetterling, and their friend, Aaron Larson, to a video rental shop in St. Joseph, Minnesota, he had no idea that it would change his life forever. THE DEFENDANT: I never dug up anything. We believe what this guy said - that Jacob was killed within an hour, so even if they had done different things, I dont think they could have saved Jacob. It is the ending of a chapter. Jerry Wetterling said Patty is struggling with whether to talk in court because she doesnt want to give Heinrich more power. Well, if I really say the impact that he had, it makes him sound like some big guy, and hes not worth it, she said. MR. SCHLEICHER: And you were in custody the entire time, is that correct? He took the 11-year-old Jacob with him and told the other boys to run into the nearby woods or he would shoot them. Jacobs mom was the primary MR. SCHLEICHER: What was his reaction to that? Every child knows the story of Jacob Wetterling. We werent going to let that guy take anything more. ''Keep fighting, shouting and keep on hoping.''. MR. SCHLEICHER: How long did you remain at your home? The boy has blue eyes, light brown hair and a mole on his left cheek. And now hes looking at 20 years stacked on top of that. The Wetterling siblings -- Trevor, Amy and Carmen -- and their parents were on hand May 18 in Washington, D.C. when the guidebook was released by the U.S. Department of Justice. Wetterling Siblings Reach Out To Other Kids. I walked back to the scene then. Trevor talked about his frustration when he heard police investigators question whether he was telling the truth about the abductor carrying a gun. But many have likely never heard of Jared. More than 40,000 pages of documents were released Thursday, and 4,000 of those pages were left out because a judge ordered them to be returned to the FBI. MR. SCHLEICHER: What was your purpose in returning to the site? "How can I clear my name without getting the crime solved,"Rassier said. Trevor Wetterling has been waiting for answers since he saw a stranger take off with his brother, 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling, in October 1989. Mrs. Wetterling travels to give talks about missing children, and tries to keep her son's name and photograph in the Jerry thinks Ill probably talk, but I may need some coaching, Wetterling said. I told Jacob to turn around, I had to go to the bathroom. Runaways are the most numerous among the missing children, followed by those taken by a family member, often a parent in a custody dispute. I feel like we owe the whole world a thank you, but its going to take a while. I noticed three children on their bicycles with a flashlight. According to the court transcript, It's been almost 18 years since Jacob was abducted by a masked gunman as he, his brother and a friend biked home from a trip to a convenience store in St. Joseph, Minn. Three weeks ago, Trevor and his family hopes were renewed when a young man from Kentucky called Jacob's parents, claiming to be their missing son. Approximately 20 minutes or so later, they came back. Some parents here now barely let their children out of their sight. Twenty-seven years is a long time.. For nearly 27 years, he let me hold on to the image I had in my mind and in my dreams of Jacob running up the driveway back into our home to a huge group hug, with all of the people who loved him so much. When he was taken, he weighed about 75 pounds and was 5 feet tall. FBI agents interviewed Heinrich on Dec. 16, 1989, about Wetterling, and he told them he couldnt recall where he was on Jan. 13, 1989, or on Oct. 22, 1989. I pulled into a driveway, passed -- after they passed me, turned around and faced the direction of the road that they would be coming back on. MR. SCHLEICHER: Mr. Heinrich, at some point approximately a year later, did you return to the site where you had buried Jacob Wetterling's body? On September 6th, he made a full confession detailing the kidnap, sexual assault, murder, and disposal of Jacob Wetterling. THE DEFENDANT: I had an army entrenching tool with me. MR. SCHLEICHER: Fairly close to the original place where you had buried Jacob Wetterling the year before? MR. SCHLEICHER: Could you please describe what you saw when you drove by the site? In court on Monday, Patty Wetterling cried as she described the magnitude of pain Heinrich inflicted on her and her family every day of their lives., He hurt my heart, my soul and every fiber of my being when he murdered our son Jacob a child that I carried for nine months and nurtured for 11 years, eight months and five days, Patty Wetterling said. Heinrich last month confessed to abducting, sexually assaulting and fatally shooting 11-year-old Jacob on Oct. 22, 1989, in central Minnesota. The book is called, "What About Me? A victim from the Paynesville incidentscame to the sheriff's office less than 48 hours after Wetterling's abduction to say he believes the Paynesville assaults and Wetterling's disappearance are related. For nearly 45 minutes on Monday morning, Danny Heinrichs victims approached the podium in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis and spoke of the sorrow, anguish and pain he inflicted on them. MR. SCHLEICHER: After a couple of hours passed, did you return to the gravel pit area where Jacob Wetterling was lying? Minnesota, and then from Roscoe, I headed east or west on 23 to Paynesville. In the past year, Rassier has begun working with a local blogger, Joy Baker, to put out information about what he really did and saw that night. Correction. They tried to shine a flashlight in my face, and I said, No, don't do that. Heinrich said he kept those items as a souvenir. / CBS Minnesota. He admitted abducting Wetterling near the boy's home in the central Minnesota community of St. Joseph on Oct. 22, 1989. "He was basically saying, we don't have anything on you but would you admitwe could end this and you admit that you did this," Rassier said. MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Few Minnesota crimes are as notorious as the unsolved abduction of Jacob Wetterling. That was pretty much it, and I walked up the hill and talked to one of the sheriff's people," Rassier said. The proceedings then turned to the abduction and sexual assault of Jared Scheirel in 1989. Sentencing for Heinrich is set for Monday, Nov. 21. We didnt have the same information. "I'm convinced 100 percent whoever was driving that afternoon caryou have your kidnapper. He admitted abducting Wetterling near the boy's home in the central Minnesota community of St. Joseph on Oct. 22, 1989. Victims from the Paynesville assaults, the boy from Cold Spring, and Aaron Larson and Trevor Wetterling all give similar descriptions of the suspect, which point to descriptions of Heinrich. In the interview, Hart tells investigators that Heinrich asked him how to get rid of a body. Trevor Wetterling, the younger brother of Danny Heinrich, was also present when the boys were instructed to drop their bicycles into a ditch and lie face down on the ground by Danny Heinrich. A $50,000 reward has been put up for Jacob's return. Im not sure, but I think its worthy of a look. 1:07 For nearly 27 years, Patty Wetterling has asked a simple question to a world that has watched in pain and, until recently, in vain: "Where's Jacob?" There was no voice lineup, and not all of the boys involved in the Paynesville assaults were present for the lineup, nor were Aaron Larson and Trevor Wetterling. Do I do more of the same? THE DEFENDANT: He said, I'm cold. asked Caroline Lowe. ''The class will be reading a story, and Trevor will say: 'Who cares about this? He lived in absolute silence after he took Jacob - and thats a lot. You didnt just bring a gun to scare the boys; you brought bullets. Anyone can read what you share. Patty Wetterling said she doesnt know whether she will read it or have someone read it on her behalf. MR. SCHLEICHER: This was an area with which you were familiar, is that right? By Dirk Johnson, Special To the New York Times. It's been almost The Stearns County Sheriff's Office held a press conference to detail the release of the files. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. So it was hopeful," said Trevor. There was a small tree growing in that area or a bush. 7 / 7: Patty Wetterling speaks as her son Trevor leans his head on his father Jerry's shoulder, during a press conference where the team of prosecutors talked about It clicked once because it didn't line up, the first chamber. MR. SCHLEICHER: All right. MR. SCHLEICHER: Did you see anything else in the area that caught your attention that would have been by the grave site? Jacob, the second of the Wetterlings four children, was in the sixth grade in October 1989. For the first time, Rassier is talking about what investigators acknowledge is true: two hours after the abduction Rassier had two documented contacts with law enforcement. His name is mentioned less and less on the television news. "They brought me to a point where I broke down, just mentally broke down. MR. SCHLEICHER: Did you handcuff him behind his back? MR. SCHLEICHER: After you handcuffed him, did Jacob Wetterling say anything to you? For the past nine months, Jared has worked with Baker to try encourage witnesses to come forward. There are still a lot of pieces to figure out. One area that might get her attention: the sex-offender registry for Minnesota and the U.S., which Wetterling helped create. Heinrich was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for one count of receiving child pornography. As a rational person, you try to figure it out, but this one you cant, because it makes no sense. Wetterling will have a chance to address Danny Heinrich, 53, of Annandale, when he is sentenced in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on Nov. 21. MR. SCHLEICHER: Okay. WebFilmography. His dad ran his own business as a chiropractor. According to Gudmundson, it appears no follow-up investigation was pursued based on the information provided by Hart. THE DEFENDANT: I never dug any. Two agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation are working virtually full time on Jacob's case, but once there were two dozen. MR. SCHLEICHER: What happened when you pulled the vehicle into the area near the gravel pit? Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world A masked stranger grabbed the 11-year-old as And all of your actions that you took were voluntary of your own free will, is that right? The defendant is a cruel narcissist. While it's been widely reported that Rassier went to bed immediately after calling 911, WCCO has learned he had a second contact with law enforcement that night: a face-to-face conversation with a sheriff's deputy. (credit: Stearns County Sheriff's Office), He described it as very similar to the car in which he was abducted, the boy from Cold Spring does not pick him out, After an interview with Duane Hart in 1991, Hart tells investigators that Heinrich asked him how to get rid of a body, Heinrich is arrested on child pornography charges. THE DEFENDANT: I, I, I raised the revolver to his head. Trevor Wetterling has been looking for an explanation since October 1989, when he witnessed a stranger leaving with his 11-year-old brother, Jacob Wetterling. He watched us suffer through anniversary after anniversary. In a 1990 lineup to which Heinrich consented, the boy from Cold Spring does not pick him out. who is meghna chakrabarti husband, city of utica overnight parking, companies that changed their marketing strategy due to covid, is it harder to tan Heinrich provides a statement regarding Wetterling's abduction and murder. ''We can only teach our children so much. Jacob has not been seen since. Are they tied to Jacob? MR. SCHLEICHER: And in terms of any other sexual acts performed by you upon Mr. Wetterling --. Rassier was 34 years old at the time of the abduction, and he worked as a band teacher at the Rocori School District. He hadn't fallen. September 20, 2018 / 5:49 PM Under a plea agreement approved by the Wetterlings, Heinrich confessed to Jacobs kidnapping, sexual assault and shooting and agreed to lead authorities to the boys body. In return, Heinrich will not be prosecuted for murder, which has no statute of limitations, and 24 other counts of pornography have been dropped. This is a crime scene. Trevor, Jacob, and Aaron decided to watch a movie together on October 22, 1989. There is no more. The Wetterlings developed a close bond with the six other siblings of abduction victims who helped write the book and took part in a video. It is beyond horrible to molest children and to have murdered a little child, but the unsolved nature of this crime he let become a tragic force that ripped through these families and these communities. MR. SCHLEICHER: After you knocked it down, what did you say to them? Wetterling, a chiropractor, said his business suffered after his sons abduction. For years, the case attracted national attention and dominated headlines. And I got on the interstate and headed north to Albany. And you said that you dragged Jacob Wetterling's body from the place where you shot him to about 100 yards off? THE DEFENDANT: I got into the, into my car, and we drove out of town, out of St. Joe. He couldnt have our marriage. Jacob's father, Jerry Wetterling, a chiropractor, did not return to work for five weeks after his son was taken. Saying he didnt want to hear anything Heinrich had to say, Scheierl, sitting in the front row next to the Wetterling family, left the courtroom when Heinrich approached the podium to address the court. I stopped the car. As October 22, 1989, was a Sunday, Trevor, Jacob, and Aaron decided to spend their evening watching a movie together. Everything else is secondary, I guess. "There is an unknown, we really can't think differently until there is proof.". 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