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Abductor Dead, Child Safe in Alabama Standoff

A stun or flash grenade was used in the rescue: official

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 4, 2013 4:23 PM CST

(Newser) – The former trucker who kidnapped a 5-year-old boy in Alabama is dead and the child is safe, Reuters reports. "It's all over," said a law enforcement official. "The boy is OK." Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, had seized the boy from...   Read full story »

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