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TIL Jesse Dimmick, a fugitive facing a murder charge, kidnapped a Kansas couple in September 2009 and the couple escaped when Dimmick fell asleep. Dimmink then sued the couple claiming the couple had a legally binding oral agreement for them to hide him from the police.

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