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FBI Role in Missing Teens Case

The rescues last month of two missing Missouri boys revealed what happens when the public, the media, and law enforcement are at their best. You probably know the storyline of how a young student saw a suspicious pickup truck and tipped off authorities. Here's how the FBI responded.
 

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