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    Feb 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 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: Health and Safety at School, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, FBI, Jimmy Lee Dykes

    2. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. 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: Emergency Incidents, FBI, Jimmy Lee Dykes, Human Interest, Explosions

    3. Feb 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. 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: Police Investigations, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, FBI, Robert J. Bentley

    4. Feb 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Life getting back to normal for freed 5-year-old Alabama hostage

    The Alabama boy held captive for nearly a week by an angry and volatile kidnapper seemed to be enjoying his newfound freedom Tuesday, according to relatives and the county sheriff in tiny Midland City, Ala.
    The Alabama boy held captive for nearly a week by an angry and volatile kidnapper seemed to be enjoying his newfound freedom Tuesday, according to relatives and the county sheriff in tiny Midland City, Ala. After FBI agents rescued him from a bunker,...

    Tags: Police Investigations, Crime, Law and Justice, Kidnapping, Justice System, FBI

    5. Feb 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Child hostage 'hanging in' as Alabama bunker standoff continues

    A child being held hostage in a bunker buried beneath the red dirt of rural Alabama will turn 6 this week, even as his neighbors and friends hope the birthday celebration will take place somewhere other than in the small cell where he has been kept prisoner since last week.
    A child being held hostage in a bunker buried beneath the red dirt of rural Alabama will turn 6 this week, even as his neighbors and friends hope the birthday celebration will take place somewhere other than in the small cell where he has been kept...

    Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Health and Safety at School, Chemical Industry, Jimmy Lee Dykes, Vietnam War (1955-1975)

    6. Feb 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Alabama abduction: Boy still held in underground bunker

    Police negotiated through a 4-inch ventilation pipe Friday with the suspected gunman holding a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker in rural southeast Alabama, four days after a man shot and killed a bus driver while abducting the boy from a school bus.
    Police negotiated through a 4-inch ventilation pipe Friday with the suspected gunman holding a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker in rural southeast Alabama, four days after a man shot and killed a bus driver while abducting the boy from a...

    Tags: Steve Clouse, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Crime, Law and Justice, Kidnapping, Justice and Rights

    7. Feb 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Kidnapped boy heard crying for parents from Alabama bunker

    A four-inch-wide ventilation pipe has become the umbilical cord linking the outside world to a 5-year-old boy who has been held prisoner by a murder suspect in an underground bunker in rural Alabama since Tuesday.
    A four-inch-wide ventilation pipe has become the umbilical cord linking the outside world to a 5-year-old boy who has been held prisoner by a murder suspect in an underground bunker in rural Alabama since Tuesday. As the standoff enters its fourth day,...

    Tags: Autism, Jimmy Lee Dykes, Ed Koch

    8. Feb 7, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  8. 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, Crime, Law and Justice, FBI, Jimmy Lee Dykes, Asperger Syndrome

    9. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  9. 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: Police Investigations, Emergency Incidents, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, FBI

    10. Feb 5, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  10. Relief in Alabama town that child hostage is safe

    MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — 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?"
    MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — 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...

    Tags: Police Investigations, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, FBI, Laws

    11. Feb 4, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. A voice of reason on guns

    Baltimore County Police Chief James W. Johnson added a much-needed voice of reason to the national debate over gun control last week when he appeared before Congress to testify in favor of universal background checks for gun purchases and a ban on assault rifles and large capacity ammunition magazines. It was only common sense, he told lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee, to extend the reporting requirements for federally licensed firearms dealers to the private individuals who account for 40 percent of gun sales in this country. To do otherwise, he noted, would be like "allowing 40 percent of airline passengers to board a plane without going through airport security."
    Baltimore County Police Chief James W. Johnson added a much-needed voice of reason to the national debate over gun control last week when he appeared before Congress to testify in favor of universal background checks for gun purchases and a ban on assault...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Injuries and Wounds, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

    12. Feb 4, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  12. BREAKING NEWS: Hostage situation ends in Alabama, 5-year-old child is safe, kidnapper dead

    <span style="font-size: small;">MIDLAND CITY, Ala. - A U.S. official tells CBS News that a nearly week-long hostage standoff in which a 5-year-old was being held captive in southeast Alabama has ended in the kidnapper's death. The child is said to be okay.</span>
    MIDLAND CITY, Ala. - A U.S. official tells CBS News that a nearly week-long hostage standoff in which a 5-year-old was being held captive in southeast Alabama has ended in the kidnapper's death. The child is said to be okay. Authorities said 65-year-old...

    Tags: Kidnapping, Vietnam

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