http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/EC8A000B544C9790862572630016ADB4?OpenDocument
Accused kidnapper avoided detection despite 'brazen' actions
By Joe Mahr and Aisha Sultan
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
01/14/2007
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Kimberly Lawyer, a former Imo's prep clerk, remembered when a boy visited the pizza shop in late 2005 or early 2006 looking specifically for Devlin.
The memory is hazy — she's not sure who it was — but she remembered Devlin brushing off the boy.
She now wonders if she shouldn't have so quickly dismissed the incident as nothing more than awkward.
"I thought it was some kid that lived next door, maybe coming home from school," she said. "It was a weird encounter."
By this time, Devlin had long ago quit inviting co-workers to his apartment. And he had developed a reputation for having a hot temper.
Lawyer remembered Devlin flying into a rage in 2005 while criticizing how she did her job.
'Red in the face'
"He was really angry, like red in the face," she recalled. "I just remember him hitting the wall or hitting refrigeration equipment."
His neighbors knew that anger well.
It centered on a parking space.
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Yes, my son frequented the pizza parlor, with the undisputed best local pizza available many times, and said the guy (didn't know his name) was a creep. BTW, son says the kid probably wouldn't trust the local police. They don't enjoy a particularly stellar reputation in most circles. That's just son's opinion. You have to know his circumstances to truly appreciate his remarks. He's doing well, for those who know of those circumstances from the Duke threads, but hoped the Feds would look closer at our local P.D. and make some needed suggestions and changes.