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Father Rejoices After Police Find Missing Son Alive, Hidden at Grandmother's Home

For two long years, a two-story rural house in southern Illinois' Franklin County held a secret: A 6-year-old boy and his mother on the run. Richard "Ricky" Chekevdia and his mom, Shannon Wilfong, disappeared in November 2007 in the middle of a heated custody battle with the boy's father. They were found alive Friday, hiding together in a small, specially built secret room at his grandmother's home, according to investigators. Thirty-year-old Wilfong is charged with felony child abduction and...Full Story
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