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Suspected murderer continues to hold 5-year-old hostage

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    Elizabeth Prann reports from Alabama

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It is day seven now of this hostage standoff that we have been watching a five year old little boy.

In a bunker and the FBI has delivered cheese -- and hot wheels cars to this little child trying to keep him.

Entertained and as happy as he could possibly be in this awful awful situation that he is and we got some new details now about the suspect 65 year old.

Jimmie Lee dykes.

Is the man it.

That is.

Perpetrating this this hostage situation and Elizabeth -- Is in Midland city Alabama Elizabeth what's the latest on this man and what we know about what's going on in there.

Well -- this standoff continues in fact we just witnessed another sunrise.

But that little boy dad did not -- this morning he's remained and that -- since Tuesday afternoon in the hands of a suspected murder we did hear from authorities.

Over the weekend and they assure us that he is quote -- in taking care of by Jimmie Lee dykes the suspected murder meaning he's getting.

Comfort foods such as potato chips and toys -- its coloring books his medication -- -- His favorite little toy cars he says the line -- communication is open -- PVC pipe that we've been hearing about Martha.

Well -- town mourned one of their own over the weekend in this tragedy this as the communities trying to trying to get back to normal.

Nothing like normal for this little boy right now now.

Right and we see some efforts of normalcy however some schools are back in session but there's a number of dale county schools.

That remain closed and in fact the neighborhood behind me with about that two dozen homes -- evacuated those people can't get back inside.

And the community continues to -- Charles -- in those who knew him.

Called him -- we attended his very emotional funeral yesterday.

Friends hailed as a hero.

-- -- Kelly is one young man he's in ninth grader he's been writing in his eyes bus for years in fact he told me yesterday he got off just.

One stop before this incident happened that he says he really isn't surprised that -- sacrifice his life.

You put it his life before his kids.

Now -- -- us I mean I think that's one of the biggest -- you -- footers for being here and saving those other kids.

Now Martha -- -- and said they will have a press conference at 11 AM local.

Noon eastern but if we get any details will bring them to you and immediately we are watching this story very closely Elizabeth thank you very much.

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