Raid frees boy, kills abductor
FBI:Alabama bunker stormed when child in danger
Posted: February 5, 2013 at 5:20 a.m.
Armed law enforcement officers take up positions near the property of Jimmy Lee Dykes on Monday in Midland City, Ala.
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.
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