I can picture devlin making Shawn watch "I know My Name is Steven", and pointing out the abuse and ridicule to which young Staynor was subjected upon his return to his family. The movie BTW was made in 1989-a few years before the kidnapping-and it's been shown on Lifetime and other movie channels since, so devlin wouldn't even have had to rent it. (BTW, I am also in MO, so I know it was shown on premium and cable channels here.)
Good memory. I saw that years ago. Who knows what tricks he used on Shawn.
That was my point! Anyone that saw that movie knows this is a copycat case. Its just to close to the same MO right down to telling the kid that his parents were dead or didn't want him.