He was a good, creative student, though he also procrastinated and disliked homework. A masked gunman appeared and made the boys throw away their bikes. MB: He was on the front seat on the passenger side. Gov. Starting their inaugural basketball season, the Minnesota Timberwolves donate proceeds from 5,400 tickets to the team's first home game to the search for Jacob. I said, Dont cry.. Rudy Perpich meets with National Guard, state officials, Grafft and the Wetterling family. SPECIAL PUBLISHERS NOTE: Timothy Charles Holmseth extends a very special thank you to Diane Muehlbauer and (the late) Larry Peart for their dedication and personal sacrifice in exposing the truth about the murder of Jacob Erwin Wetterling. He provides them with his tennis shoes and samples of body hair. Last week, police were led to the bones believed to be Jacob's, as well as other items, at the farm. About 1,000 people gather to commemorate the first anniversary of Jacob's abduction. Jacob Wetterling, an 11-year old boy from St. Joseph, Minnesota, was abducted on October 22, 1989, while walking back from a neighborhood store with his brother and a friend. When they have Jared sit in the car, he tells them that on a scale of 1 to 10, the vehicle is an 8 or 9 in terms of how similar it was to the car in which he was abducted a year earlier. The other is of a man thought to have tried to abduct a boy in the Minneapolis suburb of New Brighton. MB: Tell me about it. September 7, 2016, In this Aug. 28, 2009, photo, Patty and Jerry Wetterling show a photo of their son Jacob Wetterling, who was abducted in October of 1989. He had just started playing the trombone, which his mother, Patty, said he called "the bone." Paynesville, before I got to Paynesville, I turned on the sewage pond road. Just the jacket I remember, and I put the bones in that hole and then his jacket on top and covered it up and left. Reports leave no doubt detectives were investigating an odd relationship, and peculiar meetings that took place between Jerry Wetterling, and a man named Allen Gregory Kutzer, Albany, Minnesota. MR. SCHLEICHER: And after you pointed out the location of the grave site, you were transported in custody away from the scene and were returned to jail, is that right? He was quite angry and frustrated when the offer for any amount was refused, Muehlbauer said. He tells her no. MR. SCHLEICHER: Just for clarification, were you under the influence of any drugs or alcohol at the time of this? Kutzer told Pearce and Sigafoos he and Jerry Wetterling went out to eat several times before Jacobs abduction and one time after. Minnesota, and then from Roscoe, I headed east or west on 23 to Paynesville. THE DEFENDANT: He started to cry. Vernon Seitz was 62 years-old when he emerged from obscurity in December of 2008 telling his psychiatrist he wanted to confess to killing two children in the late 1950s. Jacob Wetterling We did not have proof of murder, so we literally had to find Jacob in order to move forward at all. THE DEFENDANT: Yes. What did you do after you placed him in your vehicle? Why didnt he do it right there? Michael Bahners brother, convicted child rapist Richard Bahner, talks about knowing Jacob Wetterling (Richard and Michael were the scene of the kidnapping), By Timothy Charles Holmseth on August 28, 2018 at 6:18 P.M.CST. His kidnapping on Oct. 22, 1989, became a national spectacle and led to a 27-year investigation. Vegetation or --. Muehlbauer said she is very concerned about the way law enforcement handled evidence in the Jacob Wetterling investigation. The eleven year-old boy from St. Joseph, Minnesota was abducted at gunpoint by a masked man on October 22, 1989 while on a trek to the store on a rural road with his brother and friend. "The predominant profile would not be expected to occur more than once among unrelated individuals in the world population," the BCA reports. He later tells investigators he has burned them. Michael Bahner told Muehlbauer on tape he watched Lou Kohls drag Jacob to the car with a knife to his throat. Jared could not be excluded as one of those, but the predominant male DNA profile did not match Jared's DNA. Reporting no significant progress in the investigation, authorities give half of the investigators the weekend off. I brought a shovel with me, but it wasn't big enough. Deputies search on horseback. THE DEFENDANT: Not right offhand, I don't, no. What was most important to the Wetterlings was to bring Jacob home and know what happened to him, Kendall said. A BCA lab report to investigators indicates DNA profiling was performed on a sample collected from a baseball hat taken after an attack in Paynesville May 17, 1987. Reports show investigators were focusing on the Wetterlings religion. Using technology that wasnt available in 1989, investigators found Heinrichs DNA on Scheierls sweatshirt, and used that evidence to get a search warrant for Heinrichs home, where they found the child pornography. October 30, 2015 12:00 AM. Did he run up there with him? On the way I said -- Are you taking me home? Murder of Jacob Wetterling Wetterling's grave. Vern offered to purchase the tapes of the Bahners, for Jerry Wetterling, for any amount. Brenda Bahner: They asked me if I saw Jacob. DM: He did. MB: He basically said that that he was going to do something but we didnt know. 48 by 36 drawing of 2 boys in bondage This particular lead sheet was terminated as this suspect had already been spoken to by Officers Boeckers and Tremper on 10-26-89 from a different source,the report said. His abduction remained a mystery for nearly twenty-seven years. His abduction remained a mystery for nearly 27 years. He said he then handcuffed Jacob and put him in his car, and Jacob asked: What did I do wrong?. / CBS Minnesota. When the abductor asked his age, Jacob answered, "I am 11 years old.". He is later released without being charged. I took him over to the edge of the grove of trees. He rates Heinrich a "4.". The following lead was discovered buried in thousands of documents today by Muehlbauer while she was reviewing newly released documents. He hadn't fallen. Congress passes the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act and Child Safety Act. THE DEFENDANT: I asked -- well, they offered me a tape, and I knocked that down. Cloud PI Larry Peart, is well known for capturing a pedophile named Michael Bahner on tape, admitting that he and his brother Richard Bahner, kidnapped Jacob with a man named Lou Kohls. [Varnold] said he this Bennis was not capable of performing such an abduction because he was legally blind, but he mentioned that Bennis was participating in an occult type thing, named the Council of 13. Cloud. He admitted abducting Wetterling near the boy's home in the central Minnesota community of St. Joseph on Oct. 22, 1989. A murder charge could still apply _ but not without a body. You drug him? Did he like to go bike riding with you. In chilling detail, Heinrich stood before a federal judge Tuesday and calmly described how he abducted, molested and killed Jacob, as some members of the Wetterling family cried. Muehlbauer was able to learn a great deal about Seitz. I stopped the car. At the time of Jacob's death, he was just 11 years old. Heinrich describes in court how he abducted, assaulted, killed and buried Jacob. MR. SCHLEICHER: After Jacob Wetterling fell to the ground, at some point did you check and find that in fact he was dead? THE FOLLOWING WAS FOUND IN VERN SEITZS HOME, JACOB WETTERLING Remove Flower. "It was estimated that 80.5 percent of the general population could be excluded from being contributors," the BCA says. Muehlbauer told Timothy Charles Holmseth the Stearns County Sheriffs Office was given a copy of the recorded confession in 1997 but did not enter it into their files until 2015. I asked their names,their ages. Diane Muehlbauer: So then what happened? 34 pages of nude boys DM: So what car was he driving that night? I don't know. There was a small tree growing in that area or a bush. Flurry of tips follows. Has the location of a child trafficking dungeon been located within the walls of St. Johns University in Minnesota? Muehlbauer said she was told that Kohls later burned his vehicle to get rid of the evidence. Twenty to nine? The lead was in regards to occult activity and his possible relationship to Jacob Wetterling's abduction. Transcribed by Timothy Charles Holmseth, Kevin: Dont talk like that cant have the here. Reports make specific mention of a couple from the Indian reservation and a clergyman from St. Johns Parish. THE DEFENDANT: I placed Jacob in the grave, and then I covered it back up with the Bobcat. The confession came as part of a plea agreement in which Heinrich will likely get 20 years in prison on a federal child pornography charge when hes sentenced in November, but will not be prosecuted on state murder charges. Part of a larger violent-crime bill, it requires any person convicted of a criminal offense against a minor or who is convicted of a sexually violent felony to register with police for 10 years after release from prison, parole or probation. MR. SCHLEICHER: He knew that you were armed, is that right? Wetterlings record an interview to be broadcast on the Geraldo Rivera show next week. The site is on a farm just outside Paynesville, not far from where Heinrich lived at the time. MR. SCHLEICHER: You had a shovel with you? Here Diane Muehlbauer talks with Richard Bahner who says he used to bike ride with Jacob. Search and investigation begin within minutes. Diane Muehlbauer: So you were just scared to tell them back then? A nearly 27-year-old missing person case came to a close Tuesday when Heinrich confessed to the kidnapping and murder of Wetterling. I proceeded onto the road. I told Jacob to turn around, I had to go to the bathroom. First published on September 8, 2016 / 12:17 PM. Jacob Erwin Wetterling, a young American from St. Joseph, Minnesota, was abducted from his home on February 17, 1978, and killed on October 22, 1989. He started to cry. So it would have been about 25 years later. The proceedings then turned to the abduction and sexual assault of Jared Scheirel in 1989. MR. SCHLEICHER: Can you describe the area, please? Analysis found a mix of three or more unidentified people. Agent Sigafoos asked Kutzer if Jerry Wetterling ever talked about the Bahai religion. However, forensic analysis of Seitzs possessions found nothing to link him to the case. Late last month, Danny Heinrich agreed to confess to killing the 11-year-old boy setting in motion a flurry of difficult negotiations between defence attorneys, investigators and prosecutors that would put him behind bars for decades and finally unlock the secrets to a mystery that has long haunted the state of Minnesota. Patty and Jerry Wetterling, walking into the service at College of . They have a big granite wall that opens that nobody knows about at St. Johns, Muehlbauer said, recalling what the priest told her. National organization creates a computer-enhanced photo of what Jacob could look like at age 19 and sends it to 73 million U.S. homes. MR. SCHLEICHER: This was an area with which you were familiar, is that right? Several incidents of an unknown adult male groping or chasing juvenile males had been reported to Paynesville law enforcement from about September 1986 through the following September. Jacob's mother, Patty Wetterling said Heinrich deliberately set out to hurt a child the night he abducted Jacob on Oct. 22, 1989, while her boy was biking with his brother and a friend near their . It was somebody from Stearns County [Sheriffs Office], Brenda Bahner said. 48 by 36 drawing of 6 boys in bondage The BCA reports that 99.5 percent of the general population could be excluded. DM: Wouldnt you think they talk to the people who heard it before you talked to him? Book Eat Thy Neighbor MR. SCHLEICHER: So you were sober, correct? The official story of Jacobs kidnapping and murder was contrived by members of law enforcement and the judicial community because American Public Radio was about to publish a podcast entitled In The Dark, which focused squarely on the Wetterling case. Heinrich then fired two shots. MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A full transcript has been released of Tuesday's court proceedings where Danny Heinrich confessed to the kidnap and murder of Jacob Wetterling, the sexually assault of Jared Scheirel and child pornography. Patty Wetterling told investigators that on the Sunday before October 22, 1989 (the day Jacob was kidnapped) they had a marriage encounter reunion at the Wetterling residence and Jacob was home. They took Jacob to Brenda Bahners apartment in a sleeping bag, Muehlbauer said. Heinrich was then placed under oath for the purpose of giving testimony. I had a bag with me, a garbage bag. THE DEFENDANT: I never dug any. THE DEFENDANT: I walked back home and threw his tennis shoes into a ravine about another 100 yards down the road. So I said, Okay. He denies any knowledge about the abductions of either Jacob or Jared. September 8, 2016 / 12:17 PM This was not an opportunity we could pass up, U.S. Attorney Andy Luger said. It was already that uncovered. The next lead sheet was dated 10-29-89, and reporting party is Bob Litzinger, St. And they wanted to have a big brother. He was 11 years old . THE DEFENDANT: On the way out of St. Joseph, I told him to duck down, lean forward in the seat. Jerry termed Als demeanor as being disturbed. I said I can't take you all the way home. Search and investigation begin within minutes. I took his jacket out of the bag. I said, I cant take you all the way home, Heinrich said. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. King World Productions Inc. 2022 Inside Edition Inc. and CBS interactive Inc., Paramount companies. DM: Jacob in the car? Heinrich is arrested in connection to the Jared Scheierl abduction and sexual assault. Muehlbauer said that on one occasion at the Del-Win Ballroom in St. Joseph she was talking to a drunk priest. And now it appears Jacob could have been saved. DM: And then what? Try again later. MR. SCHLEICHER: What happened when you pulled the vehicle into the area near the gravel pit? I had him masturbate. MR. SCHLEICHER: All right. I got out. MR. SCHLEICHER: After you dug the grave with the Bobcat, what did you do? Information I have obtained is as follows: The Council of 13 was still at it in 2016 when they attempted to fool the world with clothing, teeth, and bones they planted in rural Paynesville, Minnesota. DM: So then what did you hear next? You can worship anybody you want, Muehlbauer said, explaining how Lund dismissed the subject by making it a freedom of religion issue. MR. SCHLEICHER: On October 22, 1989, did you kidnap, sexually assault and murder Jacob Wetterling? RB: Went Bike riding with him by ____ cafe in town there Id buy like a shake and a soda pop ______ take a break and go out riding again, DM: Did he? Al indicated there is alot occult activity occurring between St. Johns University and the Alexandria area. President Bush signs the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, creating a national sex offender registry and requiring states to disclose to the public information about the most serious offenders. Man pounding nail into boys arm, LITERATURE Eyewitness to Jacob Wetterling's kidnapping describes fighting boy dragged to car with knife to his throat Lab reports proves the official story about Danny Heinrich was a lie "Jacob was punching him, I mean he was waling on him he wanted to get out of the vehicle " By Timothy Charles Holmseth on August 27, 2018 at 8:17 A.M. CST The recorded confession was captured by Diane Muehlbauer, an independent investigator working with Larry Peart, Peart and Associates, St. Six Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and five FBI agents are taken off the case. After you were finished, you indicated that Mr. Wetterling said something? MR. SCHLEICHER: What was your purpose in removing the shoes and throwing them --, THE DEFENDANT: I, I just noticed that I hadn't buried them with him so --. After Seitzs story made the mainstream news, Patty Wetterling said she had met Seitz. I turned my head. Heinrich said that on the night of Oct. 22, 1989, he saw Jacob, Jacobs brother, and a friend bicycling down a rural road near Jacobs home in St. Joseph. So I thought I would go over there and see if I could find a shovel, or else it would have taken me hours to dig the grave with a little shovel. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. THE DEFENDANT: Yes, I did. MR. SCHLEICHER: Did he make any statements to you at that time? Investigators say they are getting hundreds of calls. I can't remember what other clothing. A lot of police activity started coming over the radio, so I decided I would head back to my home town of Paynesville. The recording captures Bahner telling Muehlbauer he was present and witnessed Jacob being kidnapped at knifepoint by a man named Lou Kohls. After you confirmed that Jacob Wetterling was dead, what did you do? However, before the boy's family could finally begin to heal, Heinrich revealed the full breadth of the suffering he forced the boyto endure onOctober 22, 1989. Youre kidding. Varnold reported. He enjoyed it. Heinrich then changed his plea to guilty to receipt of child pornography in accordance to his plea agreement. You can get dressed, and I got dressed. I raised the revolver again and shot him again, and that's when he fell to the ground. Jacob Wetterling, the sixth-grader from St. Joseph who was abducted in 1989 by a masked gunman on a dark country road, is fixed in time. I put a mask on. I need to clarify a few things. DM: So then how did he get down to the road where you took him, MB: Well he got out he came over to us and talked to us I dont quite recall what he said but then he got back in and thats when it all took place. St. Joseph Communications uses cookies for personalization, to customize its online advertisements, and for other purposes. They described him as glaring at customers and say he is white and in his 50s, weighs 200 pounds, has white hair. When we got out of St. Joe, I told him he could sit back up. He had a lot of fun. MR. SCHLEICHER: Can you, as best you recall, tell us about what time that was that you would have --. MR. SCHLEICHER: You had walked back to the scene from your --. I reached for my revolver. Varnold, Crystal Police Department, regarding a cult called the Council of 13. ST. JOSEPH, Minn. (AP) _ The search for an 11-year-old boy who was abducted at gunpoint last week intensified after a motorist reported seeing a young man and a boy in a car stopped along a road, the FBI said. They tried to shine a flashlight in my face, and I said, No, don't do that. We also know an eyewitness Ben confirms the Bahner brothers were in that area at the time of the kidnapping. Subscribe to our channel for exclusive TODAY archival footage \u0026 our original web series. RB: Jacob Wetterling? He said he had amnesia and bore a promising mole on his cheek. In exchange for closing the book on years of tears and speculation for the Wetterling family and theStearns County community as a whole, Heinrich will not face charges inJacob's murder. Vern Seitz represents one small piece of a much bigger picture, Muehlbauer said. BREAKING: Recorded confession of witness to Jacob Wetterling ritual sacrifice released in possession of feds LISTEN, by Timothy Charles Holmseth on November 23, 2018 at 6:43 P.M. CST. Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall said too much time had passed to charge Heinrich with kidnapping or assault. THE DEFENDANT: I left him, and I went home. John Sanner (pictured) replaces Jim Kostreba as Stearns County sheriff. That's correct. Muehlbauer said she met a man named Vern Seitz at a motel where they met so she could play audio recordings of Michael Bahners confession to him. Copyright 2023 St. Joseph Communications. Those efforts, alongside one of the highest-profile police searches in U.S. history, yielded the occasional heart-stopping lead. I asked him to turn around. Well you know Diane, I have to turn in my reports you dont Muehlbauer said, recounting the moment she played the tape to Agent Lund. He had even been interviewed in the initial investigation of Jacobs kidnapping, but was ruled out as a likely suspect. Eyewitness to Jacob Wetterlings kidnapping describes fighting boy dragged to car with knife to his throat, Lab reports proves the official story about Danny Heinrich was a lie, Jacob was punching him, I mean he was waling on him he wanted to get out of the vehicle , By Timothy Charles Holmseth on August 27, 2018 at 8:17 A.M. CST. TIMELINE: The night of TRANSCRIPT: The 911 call EPISODE 2 The Circle On October 30, 1989, Larry Toll, police officer, Baudette Police Department, advised investigators in the Jacob Wetterling investigation that a reliable psychic told him Jacob was in a church or monastery where he had been put by a man in a black robe. According to Vern they were friends for many years, Muehlbauer said. We headed not to Main Street, but back to, I don't know, Highway 75, whatever, that runs back to St. Small round bone with no marrow All the kids did. Jacob's smiling face was burned into Minnesota's psyche, appearing on countless posters and billboards over the years. Jared Scheierl, a 12-year-old victim in a sex assault abduction in January 1989 in nearby Cold Spring, meets with FBI agents to create a sketch of the man who assaulted him. I stepped out of my car. Allen responded, If you guys dont have anything now, you guys will probably never have anything right?the report said. Kevin: Well, its, dude, hes being too open about it hes told a lot of people different things up in here and then if you know if this guy didnt commit this crime how does he know so many details and why is he being so open with it. DM: That long? He liked to fish with his dad, Jerry. When the boys got to the woods and looked back, the man and Jacob were gone. Information I have obtained through my investigations supports what Officer Toll and Sgt. DM: So how did you get him way back up by the car? DM: So when he got him back in his car what did he say to you guys? The official story was a diabolical hoax. Jacobs mother then confirmed that Seitz had come to visit her twice after Jacobs abduction, claiming to be a psychic and wishing to talk to her about her son. Muehlbauer, who independently investigated the Wetterling kidnapping with St. And you said that you dragged Jacob Wetterling's body from the place where you shot him to about 100 yards off? They find and collect two police scanners, a carrying case, lists of scanner frequencies, a pair of boots, clothing. Last year, authorities found images of child pornography at the Annandale home of Heinrich, who had long been under investigators scrutiny in Jacobs disappearance. 36 by 48 drawing of nude boy U.S. Sen. Dave Durenberger proposes a national registry of people who have committed crimes against children. For nearly 27 years, the kidnapping of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling remained an open and active investigation his family never giving up hope that the truth would one day be uncovered. Eleven-year-old Jacob Wetterling, bicycling home from a convenience store with friends after dark, is abducted in St. Joseph, Minn., a small town about 75 miles northwest of Minneapolis. Investigators think the two cases are related. I placed as many his jacket, his bones, his skull into that bag to move. The recent story put out by the Stearns County Sheriffs Office that Daniel Heinrich confessed to Jacobs murder and led detectives to the body was proven to be a hoax after the teeth and bones found were determined to not be human. Illuminating Journalism from American Public Media. Finally, in July 2015, police caught a break while searching the home of Daniel Heinrich for suspected child pornography. To prove murder, we had to be able to prove that Jacob Wetterling died. . MR. SCHLEICHER: Okay. Wetterling was told to run into the woods and not look back. There, Heinrich said he forced the boy to perform a sex act on him. There was photographing of me tied to a cross, Seitz said. In about 20 or so minutes, about a half hour later, he said I'm cold, and I said, Okay. The police were then left with nothing but dead-end leads and looking at similar child sex crimes in the area for potential connections. The lab determined the teeth and bones were NOT HUMAN. Death 22 Oct 1989 (aged 11) . Authorities named Heinrich as a person of interest in Jacobs disappearance last October when they announced the child pornography charges. I camouflaged the area with grass and brush. THE DEFENDANT: I got into the, into my car, and we drove out of town, out of St. Joe. Color slides of nude males Heinrich's lawyers ask judge to declare the search of his home illegal. You showed law enforcement the location of that second grave site as best you were able, is that right? The boy's remains were removed from a pasture about 30 miles from his home and confirmed to be Wetterling's through dental records, as reported by NBC News. I confronted them. The 1989 abduction of Jacob Wetterling from rural Minnesota began a decades-long mystery that Danny Heinrich has finally put to an end. MR. SCHLEICHER: How long did you remain at your home? I undressed. Drawing of nude boy in frame Was it hidden? FBI debunks reports that Jacob had been found safe. White laundry basket with 48 VHS tapes On 11-18-89 Inv. The AP typically doesnt identify victims of sexual assault, but Scheierl has spoken publicly for years about his case, saying he hoped it could help investigators find his attacker and Jacobs kidnapper. He says he downloaded the images from the internet. In the years after Jacobs disappearance, his mother became a nationally known advocate for missing children. Correction. Seitz told Muehlbauer he was prepared to pay her whatever she wanted for the tapes. But this was easier said than done because back then there was no centralized database for this sort of thing. We are in the people business. As part of that effort, investigators took another look at the sexual assault of 12-year-old Jared Scheierl, of Cold Spring, nine months before Jacobs disappearance. Sheriff's office says laboratory tests on material taken in the July search didn't provide evidence in the Wetterling investigation. For 27 years, the question of what happened to Jacob hung over the community like a dark cloud. After being asked numerous questions about his background from the court, Heinrich and U.S. Attorney Steven Schleicher discussed the child pornography and Heinrich admits to downloading the illegal images on his computer, printing many of the images and making several binders of them. Heinrich faces a maximum of 20 years on the child pornography count, though Judge John Tunheim will decide his sentence, AP reports. The Jacob Wetterling Resource Center (originally the Jacob Wetterling Foundation) was founded by Jacobs parents in 1990 to educate the public on ways to prevent child abduction and molestation. The witness, who will remain un-named herein, said Jerry Wetterling murdered Jacob during a satanic ritual sacrifice. Police found and positively identified the remains on September 6, 2016, and declared the case closed. THE DEFENDANT: It would be to the north of the, of the -- where I shot him. I looked back. All Rights Reserved. I walked back to the scene then. Video camera, CHILDRENS SHOES A 1994 federal law named for Jacob requires states to establish sex offender registries. It was late at night again, probably around midnight, with a flashlight. Another entry in a lead sheet reveals a Sgt. FBI expert in psychological profiles joins case, producing suggestion that the abductor is "likely a white loner with a physical deformity who committed a similar crime in his past." MR. SCHLEICHER: Now, before this point, sir, had you noticed any law enforcement in the area? Finally, on Sept. 3, 2016, the Stearns County Sheriff's Office announced that his remains had been recovered, buried on a farm plot just outside Paynesville, Minn., about 30 miles from his home. The law permits, but does not require, police to tell the community where such offenders are living. Police found many disturbing materials, including child pornography, bondage devices, books on cannibalism, newspaper clippings about missing children, and, most importantly, a laminated poster of Jacob Wetterling. Looked back, he was still standing.". In October 1989, on a quiet road in St. Joseph, Minnesota, Jacob Wetterling was abducted by a masked gunman while riding his bike home from the store. MR. SCHLEICHER: So there was no penetration? 4 nude boys tied to pole He says one of the men is a "7" on a scale of one to 10 in similarity. 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