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Archive Home > 2013 > February > 05 > Authorities storm bunker, rescue child

Authorities storm bunker, rescue child

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
February 5, 2013

MIDLAND CITY, Ala. — Authorities stormed an underground bunker Monday in southeastern Alabama, freeing a 5-year-old boy and leaving his captor dead after a week of fruitless negotiations that left authorities convinced the child was in imminent danger.

Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, had taken the child....

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