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Abducted boy found in Grandma's secret cell
Updated On: 07 September, 2009 07:38 AM IST | | Agencies
Ricky's mother charged with felony child abduction and grandmom with aiding and abetting
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Ricky's mother charged with felony child abduction and grandmom with aiding and abetting
A boy allegedly abducted nearly two years ago in a custody dispute has turned up alive, hiding with his mother in a small, specially built secret room at his grandmother's Illinois home.
In good spirits
Richard 'Ricky' Chekevdia, who turns 7 on September 14, was in good spirits and physically fit after he was found on Friday by investigators with a court order to search the two-storey rural home about 200 kilometres southeast of St. Louis.
The boy's mother, Shannon Wilfong, 30, is charged with felony child abduction. The grandmother, Diane Dobbs, 50, is charged with aiding and abetting.
A boy allegedly abducted nearly two years ago in a custody dispute has turned up alive, hiding with his mother in a small, specially built secret room at his grandmother's Illinois home.
In good spirits
Richard 'Ricky' Chekevdia, who turns 7 on September 14, was in good spirits and physically fit after he was found on Friday by investigators with a court order to search the two-storey rural home about 200 kilometres southeast of St. Louis.
The boy's mother, Shannon Wilfong, 30, is charged with felony child abduction. The grandmother, Diane Dobbs, 50, is charged with aiding and abetting.
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