What Joy Baker has said about Paynesville assaults

1 quote · 1 episode · Jul 18, 2026

Joy Baker, Blogger who researched the Wetterling case and co-wrote Dear Jacob, has been quoted on Paynesville assaults once in 1 episode of 20/20, most recently on July 18, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Baker says she found a 1987 article about five Paynesville boys assaulted by a man using threatening language similar to Jacob's abductor.

    “I found this story about these five cases of young teenage boys who had been followed, assaulted”

    20/20: Where Are You Jacob? (Jul 18, 2026) · Listen from 51:39

Episodes

  • Where Are You Jacob?

    20/20 · Jul 18, 2026 · 1 h 27 min

    Deborah Roberts revisits the 1989 abduction of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling with his parents, survivor Jared Scheierl, blogger Joy Baker and investigators who ultimately identified Danny Heinrich.

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