Jan 17 News About WFPL New Investigative Series ‘In The Dark’ Explores 27-Year Child Abduction Case The disappearance of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling in rural Minnesota in 1989 was one of the most infamous child abductions in the country. By Staff Jan 17 News About WFPL New Series 'In The Dark' Explores 27-Year Child Abduction Case Staff