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    Feb 4, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail
  1. Officers storm Alabama bunker in hostage standoff; child safe, gunman dead

    Officers stormed an underground bunker in Alabama where a 5-year-old boy had been held hostage for nearly a week, rescuing the child and leaving the boy’s abductor dead, officials said Monday.
    Officers stormed an underground bunker in Alabama where a 5-year-old boy had been held hostage for nearly a week, rescuing the child and leaving the boy’s abductor dead, officials said Monday. Steve Richardson with the FBI’s office in...

    Tags: FBI, Awards and Prizes

  2. Feb 5, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited
  3. After six-day standoff, residents of Ala. town relieved child is safe

    Associated Press
    For six anguished days, people in this small Alabama town asked just one question about the 5-year-old boy being held hostage in an underground bunker by a menacing, unpredictable neighbor: "Is he free yet?" After FBI agents determined that talks with an...

    Tags: Justice System, Washington, DC, Robert J. Bentley, Law Enforcement, Charles Poland, Jr.

  4. Feb 5, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited
  5. 10 Things to Know Today: February 5

    Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times in EST):
    Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times in EST): 1. ‘HE ALWAYS SAID HE’D NEVER BE TAKEN ALIVE’ Jimmy Lee Dykes was shot to death after Alabama police stormed the...

    Tags: Bulgaria, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , FIFA World Cup, U.S. Department of State, Iran

  6. Feb 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  7. Dr. Phil interviews mom of Alabama boy who was held in bunker

    The 5-year-old Alabama boy who was held hostage in an underground bunker saw his kidnapper shot to death, his mother told TV personality Dr. Phil McGraw in an interview set to broadcast Wednesday.
    The 5-year-old Alabama boy who was held hostage in an underground bunker saw his kidnapper shot to death, his mother told TV personality Dr. Phil McGraw in an interview set to broadcast Wednesday. The exclusive interview deflates the last of the privacy...

    Tags: Phil McGraw, Jerry Bruckheimer , ABC (tv network), Health and Medical Professionals

  8. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  9. Ethan says 'Cheeeeeese' with a big smile after Alabama kidnapping

    For six days, the nation was gripped by the kidnapping ordeal of young Ethan, the 5-year-old Alabama boy held hostage in an underground bunker by a man who had killed his school bus driver.
    For six days, the nation was gripped by the kidnapping ordeal of young Ethan, the 5-year-old Alabama boy held hostage in an underground bunker by a man who had killed his school bus driver. Only a handful of old family photos of the child -- who was...

    Tags: Kidnapping, ABC (tv network)

  10. Feb 7, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News
  11. Coroner: Alabama hostage-taker shot multiple times

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A man who held a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker for nearly a week before dying in a shootout with the FBI received "multiple gunshot wounds" to his body, a county coroner said Thursday.
    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A man who held a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker for nearly a week before dying in a shootout with the FBI received "multiple gunshot wounds" to his body, a county coroner said Thursday. Dale County...

    Tags: Police Investigations, Asperger Syndrome, Charles Poland, Jr., FBI, Shootings

  12. Feb 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  13. Autopsy begins on body of gunman killed in Alabama hostage rescue

    The body of Jimmy Lee Dykes, killed during the rescue of a young boy from an underground bunker, has been taken to Montgomery, Ala., for an autopsy, officials said Thursday.
    The body of Jimmy Lee Dykes, killed during the rescue of a young boy from an underground bunker, has been taken to Montgomery, Ala., for an autopsy, officials said Thursday. The autopsy in a state facility is expected to take a couple of days, Trooper...

    Tags: Joe Arpaio

  14. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News
  15. FBI: Alabama captor rigged bunker, waged 'firefight'

    MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — As FBI and police negotiators sought for days to coax an Alabama man into freeing a kindergartner held hostage in an underground bunker, the captor was planning for violence, authorities say.
    MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — As FBI and police negotiators sought for days to coax an Alabama man into freeing a kindergartner held hostage in an underground bunker, the captor was planning for violence, authorities say. He rigged the bunker with...

    Tags: Justice System, Explosions, SpongeBob SquarePants (tv program), Police Investigations, Law Enforcement

  16. Feb 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  17. Alabama standoff ends with child released, captor dead

    Officials on Monday rescued a 5-year-old boy who has been held hostage for nearly a week in an underground bunker in rural Alabama and they said his abductor was dead, ending a standoff that had gripped the nation.
    Officials on Monday rescued a 5-year-old boy who has been held hostage for nearly a week in an underground bunker in rural Alabama and they said his abductor was dead, ending a standoff that had gripped the nation. The boy, named Ethan, was taken to a...

    Tags: Justice System, Charles Poland, Jr., Health and Safety at School, FBI, Judges

  18. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  19. Boy held in Alabama bunker celebrates release -- and 6th birthday

    The child who was held hostage in Alabama celebrated his sixth birthday at home on Wednesday, recuperating from his almost weeklong ordeal as a hostage.
    The child who was held hostage in Alabama celebrated his sixth birthday at home on Wednesday, recuperating from his almost weeklong ordeal as a hostage. Ethan, who was freed from an underground bunker on Monday, was described by family and officials...

    Tags: Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Charles Poland, Jr., FBI, Human Interest

  20. Feb 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  21. Alabama kidnapper, who had bombs, reportedly died in shootout

    The man who kidnapped a 5-year-old Alabama boy and held him hostage reportedly died in a shootout with rescuers and had bombs in his bunker.
    The man who kidnapped a 5-year-old Alabama boy and held him hostage reportedly died in a shootout with rescuers and had bombs in his bunker. CBS News, citing unidentified officials, reported Tuesday night that four rescuers entered Jimmy Lee Dykes'...

    Tags: Kidnapping, Explosions, Emergency Incidents, FBI, CBS Corp.

  22. Feb 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  23. Rescued Alabama boy gets ready to celebrate his 6th birthday

    A day before his sixth birthday, the boy freed in a dramatic rescue by the FBI played with his toy dinosaur and was surrounded by his reunited with his family in an Alabama hospital on Tuesday, trying to shed the memory of being imprisoned for nearly a week in an underground bunker with a killer who kidnapped him from a school bus.
    A day before his sixth birthday, the boy freed in a dramatic rescue by the FBI played with his toy dinosaur and was surrounded by his reunited with his family in an Alabama hospital on Tuesday, trying to shed the memory of being imprisoned for nearly a...

    Tags: Justice System, Hospitals and Clinics, Robert J. Bentley, Police Investigations, Charles Poland, Jr.

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