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Hostage Standoff in Remote Forest | Boise News
Two Forest Service employees were held hostage for 15 harrowing hours in a remote trailer by a father-son duo armed with an AR-15 and zip ties—triggering a massive multi-agency rescue effort that included an FBI team flown in from Virginia. Drones helped locate the trailer, and tense negotiations stretched into the night before the hostages were freed unharmed. The suspects, Joseph and Phoenix Henrichsen, face kidnapping charges; Joseph has a history of mental health issues and prior arrests. The Forest Service workers are recovering with families, and authorities credit the successful…
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