Please pray for the 13 year old boy kidnapped in Missouri

[Big Shot Rob]

Just saw the interview with the family of the 13 year old boy who was abducted in Missouri--the All-American boy in his boy scout uniform.

Please keep him and his family in your prayers today.

[MavsX]

PERHAPS

[Smiles]

Thanks BSR. I didn't see the interview, but I heard the story. Gut wrenching doesn't begin to describe it.

[Drbio]

done.

[Drbio]

The Power of Prayer is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!




BREAKING NEWS !!!!!!!!!!


Michael J. Devlin is being held on $1 million bail.
Man arrested as boy missing since 2002 found alive

Two boys, one missing since 2002, the other since Monday, have been found alive in Missouri. Shawn Hornbeck, now 15, was last seen riding his bike in 2002. Ben Ownby went missing Monday. A 41-year-old man has been charged with kidnapping.
DEVELOPING STORY

• Boys arrive at sheriff's office

• How the boys were found

• Map: Where they went missing and were found

[Drbio]

What a great ending.

Anyone?

[Big Boy Laroux]

amazing that someone recognized that truck. how many white pickups do you think there are in missouri?

[Drbio]

No kidding BBL. That officer deserves some mad recognition.

[Murphy3]

It's amazing what goes through your mind when someone is attempting to abduct you. If you realize what's going on, hopefully your instincts just kick in. I know I froze for a split second not knowing what was going on....

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Last year they finally found a missed girl in austria. The 10 year old austrian girl (named Kampusch) was abducted from a man, which kept her imprisoned in a little cell without any window, he had built under his garage. She was able to use a cellphone to call help after a careless moment in which the abductor forgot to lock the door to her cell. She´s now 18 years old and a woman!

How sick someone must be to abduct a girl for 8 years? The abductor made suicide before the police got him and the girl, now a woman, lost all her childhood.

[Big Shot Rob]

Such a beautiful ending to these stories.

Oh, but that this could be the ending to all child abductions.
Thanks to all who prayed for the safety of this child.

Today, let us remember all children and those who grieve them.

[raefformvp]

Originally Posted by Murphy3

It's amazing what goes through your mind when someone is attempting to abduct you. If you realize what's going on, hopefully your instincts just kick in. I know I froze for a split second not knowing what was going on....

are you saying someone has tried to adbduct you?

this was a nice ending to this story. I can't imagine being away from my daddy as a child for four years. how awful! hope that there wasn't too much emotional abuse going on. the boys will continue to be in my prayers!!

[MavKikiNYC]

Boys' Case Stands Out Among Abductions

KIRKWOOD, Mo. -- The safe return of two kidnapped boys -- one missing for four days, the other for four years -- is being heralded as nothing short of a miracle by their families. Parents of the now-15-year-old Shawn Hornbeck and 13-year-old Ben Ownby on Saturday told of their tearful reunions, hugs and the almost unbelievable discovery of the boys in a tiny apartment in a St. Louis suburb on Friday.The sons smiled often by their parents' sides at separate news conferences, but were told not to answer questions.

Police said they could not discuss details of their investigation of 41-year-old Michael Devlin, who was jailed on $1 million bond on a kidnapping charge and could face more charges before an arraignment later this week.To those who track child abductions, the mystery surrounding the boys' discovery stood out.

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, about 58,000 children are the victims of non-family abductions. The vast majority of those children are returned safely. An average of 115 cases, however, involve children taken by non-family members for long periods, put up for ransom or killed by their abductors. Of that number, about 60 come home safely, said center spokeswoman Joann Donnellan.

But what makes the boys' case rare, Donnellan said, is the fact that a single abductor took multiple children. The case was made rarer still by the length of Hornbeck's captivity, Donnellan said.Investigators who made the incredible discovery turned Saturday from euphoria to some troubling questions.What could have motivated the suspect? How did he treat the boys? And how was he able to keep them hidden in plain sight just an hour's drive from their hometowns?"

It's hard to believe that somebody could be that brazen," said Craig Akers, whose stepson Shawn Hornbeck was abducted in 2002 at age 11. "This has been going on four years, and he's been right under our nose the whole time."Neighbors said Devlin hardly appeared to be keeping secrets. He had lifelong ties to this middle-class suburb of 26,000, family in the area and apparently no criminal record beyond a pair of traffic fines. He was often seen coming and going from his jobs at a pizza parlor and a funeral home, and nothing seemed odd about a teenager seen hanging around his place.

Alma Rodriguez often saw the teenager riding his bike in the parking lot behind the complex. Her husband, Mario, sometimes saw him throwing a football with another boy. Hornbeck did not attend school during his time in captivity, his stepfather said. Shawn was said to have been home-schooled by Devlin but was allowed out and was "always riding his bike and stuff", said Shavonne Butler, who lived next door to Devlin. "He had friends in the neighbourhood," she said.

The landlord at the apartment, Bill Romer, said he was in the apartment once to fix a plumbing problem and saw the teen, apparently Hornbeck, sleeping."As far as I knew, that was his son living with him," Romer said. "The kid's bedroom didn't even have curtains on the windows."

Rick Butler, 43, said he hadn't seen anything odd or unusual from the apartment."I just figured them for father and son," he said.

Craig Akers said Shawn had seen benches plastered with his missing-person poster. The boy even told his stepfather that a picture intended to show how he might have aged since his kidnapping was an "insult."

"There have been some instances where he has been aware of the efforts going on to find him.
It was a simple message, posted on the internet site for the foundation created by his parents, by what seemed to be just another well-wisher who had followed the agonising hunt for missing schoolboy Shawn Hornbeck.


"How long are you planing (sic) to look for your son?" it inquired of the boy's parents, reportedly signing off as Shawn Devlin of Kirkwood, Missouri.