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It took 51 years but 73-year-old Felix Vail is finally facing serious questions in the 1962 death of his wife Mary Horton. Felix claimed they were out checking trotlines on the Calcasieu River when MaryMore >>
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LSU guard Corban Collins has decided to leave the LSU basketball program."We have granted a release from LSU to guard Corban Collins," said head coach Johnny Jones. "We appreciate his hard work duringMore >>
LSU guard Corban Collins has decided to leave the LSU basketball program.More >>
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(RNN) - Dozens of Cleveland restaurants have pledged to give the man who rescued three Ohio women from captivity, free burgers for life. Charles Ramsey, the guy who famously stopped eating his Big MacMore >>
More than a dozen of Cleveland restaurants have pledged to give the man who rescued three Ohio women from captivity, free burgers for life.More >>
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A Columbia woman has been arrested after a child in her care died over the weekend.Margie Hamm, 34, was arrested and charged with homicide by child abuse, according to the Columbia Police Department.PoliceMore >>
A Columbia woman has been arrested after a child in her care died over the weekend.More >>
By
RUSS BYNUM
Associated Press
The mother of an Alabama boy held hostage for days in an underground bunker by a man says she forgave her son's captor early in the standoff and asked authorities not to harm him.
Jennifer Kirkland says she believes 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes took care of her son, Ethan, "to the best of his abilities" before FBI agents entered the bunker and killed Dykes on the sixth day of the standoff. Kirkland spoke in an interview with Dr. Phil McGraw that aired Wednesday on the "Dr. Phil Show."
Kirkland says her son witnessed what authorities described as the fatal shooting of the boy's school bus driver, which opened the standoff. She says the boy passed out and Dykes carried him off the bus, taking him to the bunker.
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Ethan and his mother met with Governor Robert Bentley for about 30 minutes on Wednesday. Source: Office of Governor Robert Bentley
Former child hostage Ethan plays under a desk during his visit with Governor Bentley. Source: Office of Governor Robert Bentley
