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How a Kidnapped Boy Readjusts
time.com ^ | 1/19/07 | MICHAEL LINDENBERGER/RICHWOODS

Posted on 01/19/2007 11:39:44 AM PST by Halls

Shawn Hornbeck's parents say they may never know the full story as to why their son Shawn never attempted to contact them or to escape during the more than four years he lived with the man police say abducted him in 2002. But they said comments by Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly that the boy may have enjoyed living with Michael Devlin more than his family had infuriated the couple.

Shawn's stepfather, Craig Akers, said in an interview with TIME late Thursday evening. "Our son was 11 when he was abducted. A child that age can be mentally manipulated in a very short time. Hearing him say what he said absolutely infuriates me. I can hardly even express how mad it makes me to hear that."

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KEYWORDS: devlin; hornbeck; shawnhornbeck
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1 posted on 01/19/2007 11:39:45 AM PST by Halls
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To: Halls

bfl


2 posted on 01/19/2007 11:40:54 AM PST by oyez (T)
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To: Halls

bfl


3 posted on 01/19/2007 11:41:00 AM PST by oyez (T)
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To: Halls

Why, becuase he publicly stated what a lot of peopel wondered privately (ie: not on a nat'l tv or radio show)?


4 posted on 01/19/2007 11:41:23 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: Halls

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5 posted on 01/19/2007 11:42:20 AM PST by ican'tbelieveit (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team# 36120), KW:Folding)
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To: theDentist

oh yes, so classy to do that when a child is in play here. I think the most important thing is to say negative things about the pervert who did this crime, not bash a child! Sorry, but that is disgusting if you ask me and anyone who has that opinion of Shawn Hornbeck is disgusting to me as well.


6 posted on 01/19/2007 11:44:13 AM PST by Halls (i love my boys!)
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To: Halls

I have lost all respect for his 'parents' after they showcased him on Oprah, less than a week after his discovery!


7 posted on 01/19/2007 11:44:37 AM PST by Guenevere (Duncan Hunter for President....2008!)
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To: Halls

Someone still left at Time to write something?


8 posted on 01/19/2007 11:45:52 AM PST by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: Guenevere

actually that was Shawn's doing, not his parents! He wanted to gp on Oprah and he wanted his story told ASAP so as to help people understand we need to be paying more attn tomissing kids out there and to help if see a strange situation.

Shawn's parents have always been on the media since he went missing. This is nothing new.

I think no one should judge the parents decisions or lack of decisions seeing they have no clue what kind of faily the Aker's are and what they have gone through these past 4 years.


9 posted on 01/19/2007 11:47:05 AM PST by Halls (i love my boys!)
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To: Halls
You might want to wait until the full story comes out. While Bill was obviously trying to prove he is not PC, there is still some odd things in this case. I am interested to find out if and how this perv kidnapped and manipulated the boy so he stayed for 4 years. What hold did he have over him, or was it something else. I also want to know if the boy played any part in the recent abduction.
10 posted on 01/19/2007 11:47:14 AM PST by MPJackal ("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
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To: Halls

No it;s the child's fault. The perv was just an innocent victim of his enticement. /sqrcasm


11 posted on 01/19/2007 11:47:31 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Halls

Then I suggest you wake up and smell the coffee... There's more than enough "Devlin the Devil" bashing going on, and the questions of how the boy could have great access to email and phones and NOT try to call home are valid...


12 posted on 01/19/2007 11:48:03 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: Halls

I saw this boy with his grinning parents on TV this morning. They'll stop smiling when they start to sort out the long term effects of the captivity and abuse this young man has endured. I'm betting it will make a case of PTSD look like a common cold.


13 posted on 01/19/2007 11:48:50 AM PST by Spok
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To: theDentist

It is called fear and unless you know anything about how bad it can be than I suggest your the one who needs to wake up and get yourself educated!


14 posted on 01/19/2007 11:49:34 AM PST by Halls (i love my boys!)
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To: AppyPappy

I cannot understand the mindset of some of the ones who question the boy's acts..The perv and others like him are my concern!


15 posted on 01/19/2007 11:51:33 AM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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To: Halls

Bill is going to feel like a real schmuck if it turns out the boy was molested (and he probably was.)


16 posted on 01/19/2007 11:51:56 AM PST by A_perfect_lady
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To: Halls

Stupid thing for O'Reilly to say without knowing more facts.

Stupid for the parents to trot their son out on Oprah...regardless of whether the kid wanted to do it or not.


17 posted on 01/19/2007 11:52:22 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Guenevere

It's showtime isn't it. These people are condemning Shawn to a life as an object of curiosity. He will never be "Normal" due what has occured to him at the hands of Devlin, and the family has now contributed to making the problem worse.

A welcome home event with family and friends should have been enough if at all.


18 posted on 01/19/2007 11:52:39 AM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Halls

He's gotten a lot of flack for his comment and had Bernard Goldberg and Jane Hall on his show last night. Both of them suggested to him that he should have handled it differently and I agree with them. It is true that Stockholm Syndrome is rare, which was the point he was trying to make. I sent him an FYI with a book recommendation for "Stop Walking on Eggshells," which was written to help individuals who live with Borderline Personality Disorder (which I am not suggesting the perp has). But the book is useful in understanding how one individual can control another.


19 posted on 01/19/2007 11:53:20 AM PST by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: Halls

People/public are horribly cruel to assume the worst.

People who gossip/busybodie and such when others are in pain and need of Prayer are creepy in a different way but still creepy as is the Devlin types.


20 posted on 01/19/2007 11:54:07 AM PST by Global2010 ( I am just ole Lab dog with my head stickin' out the window and my ears a flappin' in the wind.)
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