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California dad kidnapped in Africa reveals extraordinary details of being drugged, trafficked and tortured
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American aid worker Jeff Woodke recounts his 2016 kidnapping in Niger, more than six years in captivity and his return home in his new memoir, All the Way Home.
- American aid worker Jeff Woodke recounts his 2016 kidnapping in Niger, more than six years in captivity and his return home in his new memoir, All the Way Home.
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- California dad kidnapped in Africa reveals extraordinary details of being drugged, trafficked and tortured
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