Vacant lot where Wetterling鈥檚 killer once lived will go undeveloped for 10 years

2109074+Heinrich-Daniel-James.jpg — U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger, center, (surrounded by from left, BCA Superintendant Drew Evans, Sterns County Sheriff John Sanner, and Special Agent in charge of the Minneapolis Division of the FBI, Richard Thornton) speaks at the microphone when officials announce federal child pornography charges stemming from the Jacob Wetterling investigation at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Minneapolis on Thursday, October 29, 2015. (Pioneer Press: Jean Pieri)

By St. Paul Pioneer Press

February 07, 2017 at 4:27 PM

ANNANDALE, Minn. -- The Woodbury man who demolished the house of Jacob Wetterling鈥檚 killer is giving the vacant lot to the city of Annandale.
Developer Tim Thone said Tuesday, Feb. 7, that the city has agreed not to develop the quarter-acre lot for at least 10 years.
Thone bought the house Dec. 16 for $58,000, including back taxes. He demolished the house on Dec. 23, with about $16,000 in donated help from local contractors.
Thone hopes the donation of the land will help the Wetterling family - and the entire state - deal with the crime.
Jacob Wetterling was 11 in 1989 when he was kidnapped at gunpoint in St. Joseph, Minn. The crime went unsolved until Heinrich鈥檚 confession in September of last year.
Heinrich is serving a 17-year sentence in federal prison on an unrelated charge of possession of child pornography.

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Vacant lot where Wetterling鈥檚 killer once lived will go undeveloped for 10 years

ANNANDALE, Minn. -- The Woodbury man who demolished the house of Jacob Wetterling's killer is giving the vacant lot to the city of Annandale.Developer Tim Thone said Tuesday, Feb. 7, that the city has agreed not to develop the quarter-acre lot fo...