For 88 days Jayme lived in unkept conditions and would be forced to stay under his bed while visitors came over or he left the house. It would Jayme herself would find a way to get out and escaped. When her kidnapper left one day she made the great escape.  Jayme was 90 minutes from her home in Gordon, Wisconsin in Douglas County. She found a local neighbor and asked for help. 911 was called and deputies were on their way. Shortly after they arrived, the suspect, Jake Thomas Patterson, would arrive back in the neighborhood to see Douglas County Sheriff's squad cars everywhere. After a traffic stop based on independent resaoning and fitting the description and last name of the registered owner matching the suspects, Deputies pulled the vehicle over. He was identified as Jake Thomas Patterson. It was the suspect. He was taken into custody. The date was January 10, 2019 and Jayme was safely returned to her aunt and other family the very next day.

Jake Thomas Patterson gave full cooperation and statement to police. He admitted to planning the crime including casing the house, a previous attempt and getting kidnapping tools. He shaved off all hair to remove the possibility of DNA transfer on scene. He cut the escape cord out of his trunk and stole license plates to cover his.