By MELISSA NELSON-GABRIEL and JAY REEVES
Associated Press
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) - More than three days
after he allegedly shot a school bus driver dead, grabbed a
kindergartner and slipped into an underground bunker, Jimmy Lee Dykes is
showing no signs of turning himself over to police.
Hostage negotiators in Midland City, Ala., tried
Thursday to persuade the 65-year-old retired truck driver to release the
5-year-old, who has Asperger's syndrome and attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder.
But they acknowledged Dykes could hold out for days.
James Arrington is police chief of the neighboring
town of Pinckard. He told reporters camped out at the site Thursday that
Dykes has been known to hole up in the underground bunker resembling a
tornado shelter for as many as eight days.
Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson said late Thursday that authorities were still communicating with the suspect.
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