Jimmy Lee Dykes

Dr. Phil interviews mom of Alabama boy who was held in bunker

2013-02-13 06:30:00

The 5-year-old Alabama boy who was held hostage in an underground bunker saw his kidnapper shot to death, his mother told TV personality Dr. Phil McGraw in an interview set to broadcast Wednesday. The exclusive interview deflates the last of the privacy...

Ethan says 'Cheeeeeese' with a big smile after Alabama kidnapping

2013-02-08 10:22:00

For six days, the nation was gripped by the kidnapping ordeal of young Ethan, the 5-year-old Alabama boy held hostage in an underground bunker by a man who had killed his school bus driver. Only a handful of old family photos of the child -- who was...

Autopsy begins on body of gunman killed in Alabama hostage rescue

2013-02-07 11:14:00

The body of Jimmy Lee Dykes, killed during the rescue of a young boy from an underground bunker, has been taken to Montgomery, Ala., for an autopsy, officials said Thursday. The autopsy in a state facility is expected to take a couple of days, Trooper...

Alabama standoff ends with child released, captor dead

2013-02-04 15:27:00

Officials on Monday rescued a 5-year-old boy who has been held hostage for nearly a week in an underground bunker in rural Alabama and they said his abductor was dead, ending a standoff that had gripped the nation. The boy, named Ethan, was taken to a...

Boy held in Alabama bunker celebrates release -- and 6th birthday

2013-02-06 11:41:00

The child who was held hostage in Alabama celebrated his sixth birthday at home on Wednesday, recuperating from his almost weeklong ordeal as a hostage. Ethan, who was freed from an underground bunker on Monday, was described by family and officials...

Alabama kidnapper, who had bombs, reportedly died in shootout

2013-02-05 19:04:00

The man who kidnapped a 5-year-old Alabama boy and held him hostage reportedly died in a shootout with rescuers and had bombs in his bunker. CBS News, citing unidentified officials, reported Tuesday night that four rescuers entered Jimmy Lee Dykes'...

Rescued Alabama boy gets ready to celebrate his 6th birthday

2013-02-05 09:29:00

A day before his sixth birthday, the boy freed in a dramatic rescue by the FBI played with his toy dinosaur and was surrounded by his reunited with his family in an Alabama hospital on Tuesday, trying to shed the memory of being imprisoned for nearly a...

Life getting back to normal for freed 5-year-old Alabama hostage

2013-02-05 16:52:00

The Alabama boy held captive for nearly a week by an angry and volatile kidnapper�seemed to be enjoying his newfound freedom Tuesday, according to relatives and the county sheriff in tiny Midland City, Ala. After FBI agents rescued him from a bunker,...

Child hostage 'hanging in' as Alabama bunker standoff continues

2013-02-04 12:58:00

A child being held hostage in a bunker buried beneath the red dirt of rural Alabama will turn 6 this week, even as his neighbors and friends hope the birthday celebration will take place somewhere other than in the small cell where he has been kept...

Report: FBI was watching bunker hostage-taker the whole time

2013-02-04 16:15:00

Federal Bureau of Investigation negotiators were watching Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, "the whole time" as they prepared to enter the bunker where Dykes was holding a 5-year-old boy hostage, CBS News reported in its Monday evening broadcast. Officials rescued...

Alabama abduction: Sheriff thanks man for 'taking care of our child'

2013-02-02 14:09:00

As an Alabama boy spent his fifth day holed up in an underground bunker with his kidnapper, authorities thanked the man Saturday for caring for the child but remained tight-lipped about whether he had made any demands. Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson...

Alabama abduction: Boy still held in underground bunker

2013-02-01 21:52:00

Police negotiated through a 4-inch ventilation pipe Friday with the suspected gunman holding a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker in rural southeast Alabama, four days after a man shot and killed a bus driver while abducting the boy from a...

FBI agents and Dale County sheriff's deputies secure the residence in Midland City, Ala., where a 5-year-old child was rescued after being held hostage for almost a week by Jimmy Lee Dykes. The boy was rescued and his captor was killed Monday when federal agents raided the bunker.

2013-02-05 16:34:36