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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The posts he made on the website are very interesting. It's almost like he left some clues....he said he wanted to write a poem to them...he used his real first name (Shawn). I wonder if Shawn liked writing poetry before he was kidnapped. If you want to see it, I'll post the link.
If there wasn't any precedent, I'd agree with you. But the Stockholm Syndrome is real. Please don't fall into the same trap. Four years is a very long time and the age of 11 to 15 for a boy is huge.
"Is there any indication of sexual abuse?"
I've seen a recent photo of him, and his eyes look -for the lack of a better word- dead. He knew how to reach his parents, and did so under an alias, with no effort to go back to them. He also knew, from the website, that they were desperate to find him, so the story about Devlin telling him that his parents no longer wanted him is sketchy, at least from the standpoint of the boy's behavior. Even if it turns out that the boy though he was a willing participant, he's a minor child, and therefore not legally accountable for his behavior; Devlin is. He is very likely to have been severly manipulated psychologically, if not also sexually abused.
Here we go...Let's start with Elizabeth Smart. Yes, every blue-eyed blonde Mormon who plays the harp DREAMS of roaming the country in a burqua with two ugly middle-aged CRAZY people. And this little boy. He was 11 years old when he was taken. There is NO evidence he ran away. He took his bike to go to his friend's house. Why do some people always want to blame the victim?
Welcome to most any low-rent apartment complex.
Had one of my tool pushers fall (icy/bad steps at his apt.) and get seriously hurt went to see the family.
The blood/brains were still on the pavement 3 days later.
Thank you for saving me typing time, Hildy!!!!
He didn't want his parents to know about the sexual abuse and that he got aroused by a pervert. He would rather die.
I am sure you are correct, and equally sure the kid is filled with shame and self-loathing.
Probably didn't think his parents would want a "fag" back.
"Also Devlin had tons of child porn ..."
Loose the dogs of hyperbole and let the hair-on-fire begin...
I disagree. His personal website? The only thing that tied him was his first name. He looked nothing like the age projection photos they put out.
Runaway Train...Soul Asylum..?
The amount of time only cements the new paths of the brainwashed person. Don't underestimate the malleability of the human mind. Children especially so.
Well, we know one thing. Pedophiles always claim that their victim wanted it.
frankly in these matters, I think the public's right to know ends with the kid's hopefully being found and the perp arrested and fried. No, I don't think we have a right to know the details of what the perp/perv did to the kid. That kid will have enough to face in his/her lifetime without the world knowing every last detail.
Clearly, Ben was abducted from the school bus .. not a runaway. Devlin probably has a clear MO, and in time we will probably learn that he also abducted Shawn.
Ben was only gone a few days, the police may be able to use his more recent experience to get a better picture of how Devlin handled his victims, how he managed to make Shawn dependent on him and not anxious to seek an escape.
Elizabeth Smart was taken from her parents' house. Maybe we shouldn't read too much into these cases. Sometimes a perp is only a perp. Or a perv.
Not only that they wanted it..that they did it out of love. EWWW.
I'll play amateur shrink and suggest that if the young man did this he was experiencing the Stockholm Syndrome. He may have bonded with his kidnapper.
Well there was tons of kiddie porn found on Devlin's computer according to a newspaper artlice linked on Drudge
As for sex abuse Why else would he kidnap 2 young boys ......
Devlin was so Brazen he called the cops on his neighbors , no wonder Shawn didn't trust the police .
Devlin probalby made Shawn do some sick gay crap took photos & used that crap to manipulate him more .....
He also probalby beat him senseless + besides the sex crap
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