In new photos provided to PEOPLE, the 13-year-old girl is seen smiling with family members Jayme Closs and Family Have a 'Sense of Some Peace' During Smiley Reunions After Her Escape Jayme Closs, who was found on Thursday nearly three months after being allegedly abducted by a 21-year-old man who police say fatally shot her parents, continues to reunite with loved ones. PEOPLE has obtained a photo of the 13-year-old girl spending time with her uncle Steve Naiberg on Friday. In the image, Jayme can be seen smiling with Naiberg, who is the brother of Jayme’s late mother. Get push notifications with news, features and more. The photo was taken on the same day as her first picture since she was found. In that image, Jayme can be seen smiling with her aunt Jennifer Smith and her dog Molly. Smith, who is Jayme’s mother Denise’s sister, will act as the teen’s legal guardian. Jayme had been missing after vanishing on Oct. 15 — the same night her parents, Denise, 46, and James Closs, 56, were found dead in their home in Barron, Wisconsin, nearly 70 miles south of Gordon. She had been declared “missing and endangered,” an AMBER Alert was issued for her and thousands of people joined investigators in their search for her. jayme-and-uncle-steve-taken-saturday Jayme Closs and uncle Steve Naiberg | Credit: Jennifer Halvorson In another image provided to PEOPLE, Jayme and her cousin Lyndsey Smith, Jennifer’s daughter, have their arms wrapped around each other while smiling. Jennifer Halvorson, who has become close friends with Jayme’s aunts, tells PEOPLE that both Jayme and her family had a “really good night” on Friday. “I heard Jayme had a good night. She slept well,” Halvorson shares. “They’re doing well. I think everyone just finally had a sense of some peace. They all had a really good night.” jayme Jayme Closs and cousin Lindsey Smith | Credit: Jennifer Halvorson In a Facebook post written by Smith that was shared by the Facebook group called Healing for Jayme Closs, the teen’s aunt opened up about how wonderful it was to have Jayme back at home with them. “Jayme had a pretty good night sleep,” she wrote. “It was great to know she was next to me all night what a great feeling to have her home.” “As a family we will get through all of the healing process Jayme has. It will be a long road but we are family strong and we love this little girl so much!! We will do anything and everything! !” she wrote, adding that her “beloved sister” and brother-in-law “can rest at peace” knowing their daughter will be looked after and kept safe for the rest of her life. Jayme was rescued on Thursday afternoon after escaping her alleged captor and approaching a woman with a dog for help. The woman, named Jeanne Nutter, brought Jayme to the nearby front door of Kristin and Peter Kasinskas, who opened their front door around 4 p.m. to the sound of frantic knocking from a female neighbor. “This is Jayme Closs! Call 911!” the woman said, the pair recalled to the Star Tribune. Nutter told reporters on Friday that she was out for a walk with her golden retriever when she noticed Jayme, who “wasn’t dressed for the weather,” and was without a coat or gloves, according to CNN. “I went to her and she just sort of grabbed onto me and she told me who she was,” she told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “I’ve been a social worker my whole life. I was in child protection [services], so I believe my CPS personality just turned on.” After hearing Jayme’s story, Nutter knew her next step was to get the child to safety as soon as possible. “That’s when I said, ‘This child needs to be someplace safe and you need to get her there,’ ” Nutter explained, according to the Star Tribune. “I stayed calm so she stayed calm.” Jayme Closs Jayme Closs | Credit: Facebook Halvorson told PEOPLE on Friday that Jayme is “glad” to be reunited with her dog Molly. “She is so glad to be home. And she is obviously thrilled to have her dog. Her dog was everything to her,” said Halvorson, who is one of the administrators of the Facebook group Healing for Jayme Closs. “She’s glad to have her dog back and get settled. She’s very close to her two aunts, Jennifer and Sue. Jennifer babysat for her all the time in her daycare that she ran. And they had daily contact. Her aunts were almost second moms,” she added. Halvorson has also created a P.O. Box for people to send cards or gifts to Jayme. Well-wishers can write to Light the Way Home for Jayme Closs, P.O. Box 539, Rice Lake, WI, 54868. • Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. Also on Friday, a close friend of Smith told PEOPLE she is “beyond ecstatic” about Jayme’s homecoming. “It’s so exciting,” Michelle Saffert, 45, said. “Jennifer is excited — beyond ecstatic. We have screamed and cried and screamed and cried some more. This community has just…the endless thing that this community has done, to support this family — vigils of prayer and tree lightings and donated reward money and selling of bracelets and lanterns and some lady paints rocks and paints Jayme’s face on them and leaves them around parks.” Jayme’s second cousin, Jodie Arnold, called her a “complete badass,” telling PEOPLE on Friday, “As far as I’m concerned she saved herself,” and credits Jayme’s “perseverance and will to live” for her freedom. Police announced on Friday that they’d arrested 21-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson, of Gordon, and charged him with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping.<doc-sep>Police have praised the bravery of Jayme Closs, a 13-year-old girl who was held captive for 88 days, saying it was her "will" that broke the case. It came as photographs emerged of the rural house in Wisconsin where she was held prisoner. Her alleged kidnapper, Jake Patterson, 21, was expected to be charged today [MON]. He is alleged to have broken into her home in Barron, Wisconsin, before murdering her parents and abducting her. After escaping last week Jayme was found, skinny and disheveled, about 60 miles away. Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald, who led the investigation, said: "The will of a 13-year-old girl is what broke this case. We've actually been able to bring her home to Barron County. That's been the goal of mine for 88 days. And we got to bring her home." Giving further details of the investigation, he said the 911 call made at the time of the murder and kidnapping was 48 seconds long.<doc-sep>A small, white-paneled room – strewn with stuffed animals, makeup accessories, a panda backpack and mattress – is believed to be the hellish makeshift prison where Jayme Closs was held for 88 excruciating days before her miraculous Thursday escape. It’s not yet known whether the 13-year-old’s alleged captor, Jake Thomas Patterson, kept her solely confined to the room of his remote house in Gordon, Wisconsin, for the three months she allegedly spent in his clutches, or if she was only hidden away there when other people were in the area. The house from which Closs escaped appeared, from the outside, as just another nondescript, two-story home. It had a trampoline and swing in the backyard and was located in a sparsely populated forest town in northern Wisconsin. But police said it was the lair of a killer and kidnapper. Authorities said they recovered a shotgun that is consistent with the gun used on Oct. 15, when Patterson is alleged to have blasted through the front door of the Closs house and gunned down Jayme's parents, James and Denise Closs. Patterson appeared in court for the first time Monday afternoon after he was captured Thursday and booked on murder and kidnapping charges. His bail was set at $5 million cash. The 21-year-old had “specific intentions to kidnap Jayme and went to great lengths to prepare to take her,” Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said in a prior news conference. Jayme, wearing an oversized top and shoes, made her daring escape and flagged down Jeanne Nutter, who took the teen to a neighbor's house for safety. Kristin Kasiskas told Fox News that she and her husband immediately recognized the teen, whose picture had been posted on billboards nationwide. NEIGHBOR WHO CAME TO JAYME CLOSS' AID: 'WE WERE ARMED AND READY' FOR SUSPECT TO COME LOOKING “When our neighbor Jeanne came in with Jayme, she said: ‘Get a gun. We don’t know if he’s after us,’” Kasinskas said. “So we were armed and ready in case this person showed up.” Jayme’s aunt, Kelly Engelhardt, told Fox News that Patterson had “absolutely” no contact with the Closs family prior to the murders and kidnapping. She added that they are “not asking” Jayme questions right now following her rescue on Thursday. “We know the truth and they had nothing to do with it,” Engelhardt told Fox News. “Police proved it on Thursday when they told us who he was.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Engelhardt told Fox News the family is “looking for more answers” and moving forward she plans on being at every court proceeding for Patterson. “Now it’s about getting him the harshest sentence possible,” she said. Fox News' Cristina Corbin and Matt Finn contributed to this report.<doc-sep>
PEOPLE has obtained the first photo of the 13-year-old with her aunt Jennifer Smith and her dog Molly Jayme Closs Smiles with Her Aunt and Her Dog in First Photo After Escaping Kidnapping Jayme Closs has reunited with her loved ones, one day after escaping the 21-year-old man who allegedly abducted her and killed her parents nearly three months ago. PEOPLE has obtained the first photo of the 13-year-old with her aunt Jennifer Smith and her dog Molly. Smith, who is Jayme’s mother Denise’s sister, will act as the teen’s legal guardian. The picture, in which Jayme can be seen smiling, is the first time the public has seen her since news of her being found. Jayme had been missing after vanishing on Oct. 15 — the same night her parents, Denise, 46, and James Closs, 56, were found dead in their home in Barron, Wisconsin, nearly 70 miles south of Gordon. She had been declared “missing and endangered,” an AMBER Alert was issued for her and thousands of people joined investigators in their search for her. picture-of-jayme-today Credit: Courtesy of Jennifer Halvorson Jayme was rescued on Thursday afternoon after escaping her alleged captor and approaching a woman with a dog for help. The woman, named Jeanne Nutter, brought Jayme to the nearby front door of Kristin and Peter Kasinskas, who opened their front door around 4 p.m. to the sound of frantic knocking from a female neighbor. “This is Jayme Closs! Call 911!” the woman said, the pair recalled to the Star Tribune. Jennifer Havorson, who has become close friends with Jayme’s aunts, tells PEOPLE that Jayme is “glad” to be reunited with her dog Molly. “She is so glad to be home. And she is obviously thrilled to have her dog. Her dog was everything to her,” says Havorson, who is one of the administrators of the Facebook group called Light the Way Home for Jayme. “She wanted a dog forever. She had begged and begged [her mother] Denise to get a dog. And finally, Denise caved. That dog was super important to her,” Havorson shares. “She’s glad to have her dog back and get settled. She’s very close to her two aunts, Jennifer and Sue. Jennifer babysat for her all the time in her daycare that she ran. And they had daily contact. Her aunts were almost second moms,” she adds. closs Credit: Facebook Also on Friday, a close friend of Smith told PEOPLE she is “beyond ecstatic” about Jayme’s homecoming. “It’s so exciting,” Michelle Saffert, 45, said. “Jennifer is excited — beyond ecstatic. We have screamed and cried and screamed and cried some more. This community has just…the endless thing that this community has done, to support this family — vigils of prayer and tree lightings and donated reward money and selling of bracelets and lanterns and some lady paints rocks and paints Jayme’s face on them and leaves them around parks.” Jayme’s second cousin, Jodie Arnold, also called her a “complete badass,” telling PEOPLE on Friday, “As far as I’m concerned she saved herself,” and credits Jayme’s “perseverance and will to live” for her freedom. • Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. On Friday, police announced they’d arrested 21-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson, of Gordon, and charged him with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping.