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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. Steve Richardson with the FBI’s office in...
Tags: FBI, Awards and Prizes
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After six-day standoff, residents of Ala. town relieved child is safe
Associated PressFor 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.
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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): 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
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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 exclusive interview deflates the last of the privacy...
Tags: Phil McGraw, Jerry Bruckheimer , ABC (tv network), Health and Medical Professionals
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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. Only a handful of old family photos of the child -- who was...
Tags: Kidnapping, ABC (tv network)
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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. Dale County...
Tags: Police Investigations, Asperger Syndrome, Charles Poland, Jr., FBI, Shootings
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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 autopsy in a state facility is expected to take a couple of days, Trooper...
Tags: Joe Arpaio
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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. He rigged the bunker with...
Tags: Justice System, Explosions, SpongeBob SquarePants (tv program), Police Investigations, Law Enforcement
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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. The boy, named Ethan, was taken to a...
Tags: Justice System, Charles Poland, Jr., Health and Safety at School, FBI, Judges
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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. 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
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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. CBS News, citing unidentified officials, reported Tuesday night that four rescuers entered Jimmy Lee Dykes'...
Tags: Kidnapping, Explosions, Emergency Incidents, FBI, CBS Corp.
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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...
Tags: Justice System, Hospitals and Clinics, Robert J. Bentley, Police Investigations, Charles Poland, Jr.
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