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Hostage Situation Resolved in Remote Forest Trailer | Seattle News
Two U.S. Forest Service employees were held hostage for 15 harrowing hours in a remote trailer in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest by a father-son duo, sparking a massive multi-agency rescue effort that included an FBI team flown in from Virginia. Negotiations led to their safe release early the next morning, with both suspects now charged with kidnapping federal employees. The father, Joseph Charles Henrichsen, has a troubling criminal history, including a dismissed hate crime charge in Washington tied to mental health issues. The hostages, though shaken, suffered no serious injuries and…
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