Posted on 01/15/2007 2:37:16 PM PST by Enterprise
KIRKWOOD, Mo. (AP) - While his alleged kidnapper was away at work, teenager Shawn Hornbeck apparently had access to a computer, and may have put photos of himself online and posted a chilling message on a site created by his own desperate parents: "How long are you planning to look for your son?"
A series of Web postings under the name "Shawn Devlin" - Devlin is the last name of the man suspected of kidnapping Shawn and posing as his father - came to light after Shawn's rescue from an apartment in Kirkwood last week.
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Yes the song is called Runaway Train By Soul Asylum
If you go to youtube you can see the video & listen to the song
I am very sorry to hear that, but hardly surprised.
I suspect it busted up b/c the eldest was getting to be a man and not taking it any more --- hence, the replacement.
He's screwed mentally for life, I'm sure.
One thing that seems to jump out is that the first boy was kidnapped at age 11. The next boy was kidnapped at age 11. I wonder if there were other boys who were kidnapped at age 11 by this guy, and we have yet to learn who they are - or were.
My thought too. The guy brainwashed the kid and told him he would shoot him if he tried to leave.
I had let that slip. I do remember now that porn was found on the perp's computer. Thanks.
It's already been renamed "Elizabeth Smart" Syndrome.
A distinct possibility.
Well , Shawn was told his mother was dead & the new stepfather didn't want him .
A Previous freeper poster in another Shawn thread who lives in Kirkland stated alot of locals DON'T trust the police !
If your in the 5th grade , 11 years old & Raped by a 300 pound skumbag your mental health would NOT be the Best !
Also Devlin had tons of child porn on his computer & Shawn probalby was forced to do gay crap & Devlin probalby posted Shawn doing alot of sick crap !
Also Shawn could have been gang raped by Devlin's buddies & 1 could have claimed to be a cop !
I Feel Sorry for Shawn , & I think he's the victim !
I have always thought there was way more to the Elizabeth Smart deal then we were allowed to hear and I think this one is going to play out the same way.
Could this have started out as a runaway that this sick pervert took advantage of? I wouldn't be against putting money on it. Could guilt of the child have played a part in his continuing to stay hidden in plain sight, I wouldn't be opposed to betting on that either. Is it possible that this sick monster played off those feelings? Ha, probable if not absolutely on that one.
One thing I am sure of, like Elizabeth Smart, we will never really know.
One thing I would like to present. SOOOOOO many kids are taken every year and so few get a spotlight shined upon them such as these examples. In return for the spotlight being shown on them to find them, they should reciprocate and let us all in on the rest of the story whatever it may be. Without that happening, people will just tune out when these things are spotlighted and the spotlight will lose it's effectiveness.
In media, leaving someone hanging does create drama, drama that keeps folks coming back for more. Do that too many times, or do not produce after the benefits reaped from "To Be Continued...." then people will just ignore later attempts.
This is a case where blatant exploitation can be used for something good, that being finding these missing children, I would hate to see that ruined and this tool removed.
Remember Patty Hearst joining the Symbionese Liberation Army. At least Devlin didn't make the boy help him rob a bank. Did Devlin somehow persuade Shawn that he was better off living with him than with his parents?
Excellent reasons to inform and educate the public.
And yet did nothing.
What about the Elizabeth Smart case did you want to know?
The guy who took her made her his so-called wife.
Its not hard to figure out what happened to her. The guy wanted to have kids.
And she was taken at 15. She also had chances to escape. We don't understand why, but I don't blame them.
I think they just learn how to survive, to live from one day to the next. Not really thinking of the future.
That's a good theory. He had full control of the boy and he may have been able to manipulate his thinking on a daily basis.
One article had info on how one woman called the police several times but they couldn't figure out where the screams were coming from.
One neighbor went and banged on their door and was told that nothing was going on.
So they did a little. But not enough.
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