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Alabama Hostage Stand-Off Comes to a Close, Five-Year-Old Boy Rescued Safely
Robert Kessler · 02/04/13 05:26PMHostage-Taking 'Doomsday Prepper' Passes 30th Hour of Bunker Standoff with Cops
Max Read · 01/31/13 10:00AMIt's now been more than 30 hours since police began negotiating with Jimmy Lee Dykes, the 65-year-old "anti-government" "doomsday prepper" who allegedly shot and killed and a school bus driver before retreating with a six-year-old hostage to an underground bunker on his Alabama property. Authorities say the boy, who remains unidentified, is okay — he's been given medicine and a coloring book and crayons — but the situation is "static" and the endgame is unclear.
Kidnapper, Holed Up in Underground Bunker, Stands Off with Cops after Killing School Bus Driver
Max Read · 01/30/13 10:30AMAt 3:40 p.m. yesterday, an armed man boarded a school bus in Alabama, shot and killed the driver, and grabbed a young boy. Police are now entering the eighteenth hour of a standoff with the suspect, 67-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes — holed up in an "underground bomb shelter" with his hostage.