Boy hostage safe after Alabama stand-off
Posted February 4, 2013 5:27 pm.
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It appears a week-long hostage stand-off in Midland City, Alabama has ended.
A five-year-old boy who was being held hostage in a bunker is now safe.
The FBI feared that the child hostage was in danger, so they stormed the underground shelter and rescued the boy.
The suspect, Jim Dykes, 65, has died.
It’s not clear if Dykes killed himself or was killed by authorities.
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