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Money Found By Retired Farmer Amid Hijacking Search
In Peru Indiana a retired farmer, Lowell Elliott, found a bag believed to contain the half million dollar ransom dropped by a hijacker who parachuted from a jet. Ronald Miller found a machine gun in a nearby field. authorities resumed the manhunt with focus on two farms, while pilots said the hijacker likely did not survive the jump.
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