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Early Thursday morning, Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson gave reporters a similar message, but said officers and volunteers trying to resolve the situation were holding up well.
CNN: Questions swirl as man holds boy in Ala. underground bunker
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Investigators are still communicating with the suspect and "have no reason to believe that the child has been harmed, " Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson said Wednesday evening.
CNN: Alabama bunker suspect faced court date, neighbors say
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He also has agreed to allow authorities to send down prescription medicine the boy needs, Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson told reporters during a short briefing Saturday morning.
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"Based on our discussions with Mr Dykes, he feels like he has a story that's important to him, although it's very complex, " Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson said on Monday.
BBC: Alabama kidnapper dead and boy saved after police raid
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The boy was running around, playing with a toy dinosaur and other action figures, eating a turkey sandwich and watching "SpongeBob SquarePants, " relatives and Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson said.
NPR: FBI: Ala. Captor Rigged Bunker, Waged 'Firefight'
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Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson said in a briefing with reporters Saturday that Dykes has told them he has blankets and an electric heater in the bunker, which is located on his rural property.
NPR: Ala. Town Mourns For Bus Driver Amid Standoff
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Late Thursday night, that's where the child and his kidnapper remained -- with no sign the boy had been harmed, said Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson, but no indication a breakthrough was imminent, either.
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