Boy found hidden in 5x12 4ft-high room in wall

FRANKLIN COUNTY-- Police find a Royalton child two years after authorities say he was abducted by his mother.

Police say the boy’s mom and grandma were hiding him in pitiful conditions.
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For nearly two years police say Ricky Chekevdia was held captive inside a Franklin County home he never left, not even to play outside.

"We let him out of the car and he ran around like he'd never seen the outdoors; it was actually very sad" says Stan Diggs with the Illinois State Police.
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Homemade signs cover the yard of the house in rural Royalton; seeming to taunt police that the boy was there, but searches never located the secret room until now.

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On the lawn in front of Dobbs’ house, which she shares with her boyfriend, Robert Sanderfur, she had placed hand-written signs calling Chekevdia a child molester. As recently as last week, fliers appeared around town, including at Chekevdia’s church, he said, accusing him of abuse.

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