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Monday, Feb. 4, 2013
Child Hostage Safe, Kidnapper Dead in Alabama Standoff

By KATE BRUMBACK
The Associated Press




Jimmy Lee Dykes, crazed kidnapper is dead

AP is reporting that a law enforcement source says the child kidnapped by a man who killed a bus driver in Alabama has been rescued and is safe, and the kidnapper is dead.
AP said federal authorities were expected to make a major announcement in the case of the 5-year-old who was being held hostage in an underground bunker in Alabama.
The news conference was scheduled for Monday afternoon in Midland City. Jim Dykes, 65, had been holding the boy hostage for days.
Before the news conference Monday, an ambulance that had been parked near the scene could be seen driving away. However, it was not clear if anyone was inside, and the vehicle did not have its sirens or emergency lights on.

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This town of 2,400 nestled amid peanut farms and cotton fields has long relied on a strong Christian faith, a policy of "love thy neighbor," and the power of group prayer.
Those beliefs have been strongly in evidence in the six days since a gunman killed a school bus driver, snatched a 5-year-old boy off a bus full of youngsters and fled with his hostage to an underground bunker.
Police say 65-year-old Jim Dykes killed 66-year-old Charles Albert Poland Jr. before escaping with the kindergartener, who has Asperger's syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to a state lawmaker who has spent time with his mother.
Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson said Monday that officers have been speaking with 65-year-old Jim Dykes around the clock and continue to send food, medicine and other items into the bunker. He would not say if authorities have spoken with the child or if they can hear the boy, but Olson said it is believed the boy is doing OK.
On Sunday, more than 500 people filed into the Civic Center in the nearby town of Ozark to pay their final tribute to Poland, whom they hailed as a hero for protecting the other children on the bus before he was gunned down and the little boy grabbed.
Fliers imploring people to pray for the little boy were stuck onto the chain-link fence outside of the Midland City Elementary School, where he is enrolled. The fence also has been adorned with black, white, and red ribbons.
Residents have gathered for candlelight vigils on a nightly basis to pray for the child. And people are hopeful the hostage drama will lead to a renewed faith in God and to a closer-knit community.
"This has drawn a lot of people closer to Christ," said Midland City Mayor Virgil Skipper. "When you get something like this, it always changes things."
Skipper described Midland City as a place where people work, pray and spend time with their families. He said the only other event that shook up the town this badly was in 1963, when a train crashed into a station wagon in the middle of town and 11 members of the same family were killed. Only a 1-year-old girl survived.
"That was the worst thing I can recall, until this," Skipper said.
In a community where neighborly love appears to be the guiding force, the bus driver's death and little boy's kidnapping have both rattled and saddened residents.
"We're devastated this could happen here. We don't know what to think," said Winifred Ramsey, 77, a retired insurance agent who has lived in Midland City since she was 12. "We never thought anything like this would happen. We're just slow-paced and love our neighbors."
Taylor Hodges, the pastor of the Midland City Baptist Church told his congregation on Sunday that, "We're grieving the loss of a way of life here in Midland City. That's what it feels like to a lot of people here."
Despite the trauma, community members had not forgotten their Southern hospitality — and it seemed to be catching.
Across a busy highway from the dirt road leading to Dykes' house, members of a nearby church cooked barbecue for the news media over the weekend.
On Sunday, four FBI agents brought fried chicken




Residents raise flags along the processional route in Ozark for Dale County Schools bus driver Charles “Chuck” Poland Jr., who died Tuesday, in Ozark, Ala., Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. Authorities say Jim Lee Dykes, 65 — a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War known as Jimmy to neighbors — gunned down Poland, a school bus driver, and then abducted a 5-year-old boy from the bus, taking him to an underground bunker on his rural property. (AP Photo/Dothan Eagle, Danny Tindell)









The funeral procession of slain bus driver Charles "Chuck" Poland makes its way down Highway 231 in Ozark, Ala., Sunday Over 60 motorcycles and dozens of school buses join the funeral procession. The Ozark Civic Center was packed with mourners for the funeral. Burial for Poland is in Newton Alabama. (AP Photo/AL.com, Joe Songer)







A sign encouraging prayer for a 5-year-old boy that was held hostage, hangs on a fence surrounding Midland City Elementary school Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2013, in Midland City, Ala.






Family members embrace during the funeral service of Charles “Chuck” Poland,
the school bus driver who was killed. Ozark, Ala., Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Dothan Eagle, Danny Tindell)





The funeral procession of slain bus driver Charles "Chuck" Poland makes its way down Highway 231 in Ozark, Ala., Sunday Over 60 motorcycles and dozens of school buses join the funeral procession. The Ozark Civic Center was packed with mourners for the funeral. Burial for Poland is in Newton, Ala. (AP Photo/AL.com, Joe Songer)
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UPDATE just in:

The FBI has just announced that they entered the bunker by force and shot the kidnapper. Neighbours reported hearing a very loudexplosion before the child was rescued

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