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On February 7, 2017, Connie and Larry Van Oosten awoke to a masked intruder standing over their bed, gun in hand. For the next two days, they were imprisoned and forced to withdraw $350,000 from their bank. Connie slipped a note to the bank teller, leading to a high-speed chase and the shocking reveal of the captor.

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