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Mother says kidnapper cared, cooked for son in Alabama bunker

By Colleen Jenkins Feb 13 (Reuters) - The mother of the Alabama boy who was kidnapped from his school bus and held in an underground bunker for six days said on Wednesday she had not been allowed to speak with him during his captivity and worried that he would think she had abandoned him. Jennifer Kirkland said in an interview on "The Dr. Phil Show" that she had found some comfort in knowing that her son Ethan's abductor had cooked him chicken meals and asked law enforcement to fetch a red toy car he said the boy missed.

FBI used camera to monitor Alabama kidnapper in bunker -reports

By Verna Gates MIDLAND CITY, Ala., Feb 5 (Reuters) - Authorities used a hidden camera to watch a man holding a boy hostage in an underground bunker in rural Alabama and moved in to rescue the child after the suspect was seen holding a gun and looking agitated, according to news reports on Tuesday.

UPDATE 6-Alabama hostage standoff ends with child safe, gunman dead

(Adds details from late news briefing) By Sharon Reich and Verna Gates MIDLAND CITY, Ala., Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. authorities stormed an underground bunker in rural Alabama on Monday, rescuing a 5-year-old boy held hostage for nearly a week and leaving his kidnapper dead.
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