Alabama hostage boy 'doing well' at home

The five-year-old boy held hostage in an underground bunker for six days by a gunman is recovering well from his ordeal, but questions remain about how the siege was brought to an end.

Alabama hostage boy 'doing well' at home

The five-year-old boy held hostage in an underground bunker for six days by a gunman is recovering well from his ordeal, but questions remain about how the siege was brought to an end.

Kidnapper 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes was shot dead when police stormed the bunker in Midland City, Alabama.

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