Missing Teen Hannah Anderson Rescued After FBI Shoots and Kills Her Kidnapper

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Wrote about this case Thursday at Viral Read and Friday here, and now there’s good news in the case:

A massive manhunt that spanned 1,000 miles ended in gunfire in the Idaho wild late Saturday afternoon — shots that ended the life of the family friend who was suspected of abducting 16-year-old Hannah Anderson and killing her mother and brother.
The teenager was rescued near Morehead Lake, Idaho, where an FBI tactical agent killed her alleged kidnapper, James DiMaggio, around 5:20 p.m (7:20 p.m. ET), authorities said. . . .
Hannah Anderson had last been seen in San Diego County, California, at her cheerleading practice August 3. The bodies of her mother, Christina Anderson, and 8-year-old brother, Ethan, were found the next day about 45 miles east in DiMaggio’s Boulevard house; lab tests were needed to identify the boy because his remains were so badly charred.

Here’s the video report:

UPDATE: Statement by the FBI Special Agent in Charge:

Good evening. I am Mary Rook, special agent in charge of the FBI office in Salt Lake City.
I want to update you about the rescue operation that just concluded.
At approximately 5:20 local time, special agents with the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team, along with the Salt Lake City Division of the FBI, observed Hannah and the suspect near Morehead Lake at a makeshift campsite. Agents moved in to rescue Hannah. The suspect is deceased.
As a matter of policy, the FBI automatically dispatches a shooting review team from Washington to review the circumstances surrounding any situation where an FBI agent discharges a firearm.
The team will interview witnesses and determine exactly what happened. For this reason, no other details can be released at this time.
When incidents like these occur, no one ever really knows where the investigation will lead. In this case, our team faced a very challenging situation.
Our team of FBI agents, Valley and Ada County Sheriff’s deputies, Idaho state troopers, U.S. marshals, the U.S. Border Patrol, and the rest of the entire team worked tirelessly to find Hannah.
Now that Hannah is safe and being evaluated in a medical facility, FBI victim specialists are working with Hannah and her family to get them the resources they may need to get through the next phase of this incident.
As grateful as we are that she was recovered safely, we also remember the other victims in this case who lost their lives.
Moving forward, the FBI Evidence Response Team, along with detectives from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, will process the crime scene at the site of the rescue. This will still take some time and require a great deal of logistical coordination.
As the Idaho portion of this case wraps up and transitions back to San Diego County, we will continue to work with our colleagues, both in Idaho and San Diego, and provide them any continuing support they might need.
It has been said that the greatest weapon against crime is the cooperation of all law enforcement, with the understanding of the public. This case has proven that.

 

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  7. With two people dead, there are no clear winners (although it appears the police and FBI mitigated the harm). I am glad Hannah is physically okay, but she is far from okay in all of this.

  11. Who knows, she may be tough, brave and resilient like the Mormon girl who was kidnapped and raped by one of the utmost dirtbags ever to walk to earth whose name has been deliberately wiped from my memory. *spit*

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