Sheriff: Wetterling investigation went 'off the rails' as FBI chased multiple leads, killer remained free

It took 27 years to get a confession out of Jacob Wetterling's killer, but investigators had substantial evidence against Danny Heinrich within months of the October 1989 attack in St. Joseph.

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