Authorities were searching Monday for man suspected of holding a 73-year-old woman pictured in red sweater and her husband hostage at their home, then forcing her to try to rob a bank with what she thought was a bomb strapped to her ankle.The woman, Betty Davis, told employees at the bank in Fayetteville about the device, and authorities were able to safely evacuate the building on Monday before a bomb squad could remove it from Davis’ leg, police said. Authorities were testing the device to see if it really was dangerous.Davis told police that a man had been holding her and her husband captive in their Washington County home, and sheriff’s deputies dispatched there found her husband tied up but unharmed. Authorities didn’t release Davis’ husband’s name.
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