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Teen escapes predator after bunker ordeal
A brave high school girl tries to outfox her fugitive kidnapper after being held hostage for ten days in an underground bunker Full story
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  Videos: Teen speaks about abduction
  Morning of the abduction
Elizabeth Shoaf describes how Vinson Filyaw tricked her into following him into the woods.
  Trying to survive
Elizabeth Shoaf talks about her ordeal inside Vinson Filyaw's bunker.
  Desperately texting
Elizabeth Shoaf on trying to contact her mom using her captor's cell phone.
  'We heard helicopters'
Elizabeth Shoaf describes the day of her escape.
  Videos: Kidnapper speaks
  Asking for forgiveness
Vinson Filyaw asks the Shoaf family to forgive him after pleading guilty.
  Filyaw's 'all-American background'
Boy Scouts, church, and capture the flag: Vinson Filyaw talks about his 'normal' upbringing.
  Building the bunker
Vinson Filyaw describes the bunker where he held Elizabeth Shoaf captive.
  Many stories, not all true
The night before he pleads guilty, Vinson Filyaw isn't sure which story to tell.
INTERACTIVE
Evidence photos
Evidence photos from Vinson Filyaw's bunker, trailer, and hiding spots.

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'Into the Woods' videos
  Videos
  Inside the bunker
Police crime scene video of the bunker where Elizabeth Shoaf was held captive.
  'He took our child's innocence'
Elizabeth Shoaf's mother makes a statement at Vinson Filyaw's trial.
  'She was doomed'
District Attorney Barney Geise reads excerpts from Vinson Filyaw's manuscript.
INTERACTIVE
Kidnapper's manuscript
Read excerpts from Vinson Filyaw's manuscript, which was used by the prosecution as evidence against him at trial.

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INTERACTIVE
Kidnapped teen: 'Bunker was hell'
'I will never forgive him,' says Elizabeth Shoaf, who was kidnapped and kept in an underground bunker for 10 days before engineering her escape.

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INTERACTIVE
A daughter's desperate plea
Madeline Shoaf remembers the excitement and confusion of receiving a text message from her kidnapped daughter Elizabeth.

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  Inside the investigation

Police officers from Kershaw County Sheriff's Department blog on the case

What Elizabeth did right
by Capt. David Thomley
INTERACTIVE
Blog: After ordeal, kidnapper wilts and teen shines
Dateline's Keith Morrison on the contrast between interviewing Vinson Filyaw and Elizabeth Shoaf

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