Hannah Anderson Captor a ‘Trusted Friend,’ Cat Lover

Rescued

Cops tell Christine Pelisek how they tracked Anderson into Idaho backcountry.

Published Aug. 13 2013 4:45AM EDT

articles/2013/08/13/hannah-anderson-captor-a-trusted-friend-cat-lover/130812-pelisek-anderson-tease_ifhgos — Sam Hodgson/Reuters; Inset: San Diego County Sheriff's Department

Hannah Anderson, the 16-year-old teen who was abducted by a family friend, setting off a search that stretched from the Mexican border to the backcountry of Idaho, didn’t know that her mother and brother had been killed until she was rescued by the FBI this weekend.

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Hannah Anderson Captor a ‘Trusted Friend,’ Cat Lover

Cops tell Christine Pelisek how they tracked Anderson into Idaho backcountry.

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Christine Pelisek