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Cops: Child Pornography Found on Mo. Kidnap Suspect's Computer
New York Post via FOX News ^ | January 15, 2007 | Andy Geller

Posted on 01/15/2007 5:19:13 AM PST by Kaslin

Child pornography was found on the home computer of the hulking loner accused of kidnapping two St. Louis boys, law-enforcement sources said Sunday.

As a result, the feds are considering slapping Michael Devlin, 41, with child-porn charges, the sources said.

Devlin, a 300-pound pizza-parlor manager, was arrested Friday in the kidnapping of Shawn Hornbeck, 15, who was kept for four years, and William Ownby, 13, who was rescued after four days.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: childabuse; devlin; gaysex; homosexual; hornbeck; hornbeckdevlin; missouri; sodomy
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To: ican'tbelieveit

Well, sorry, I thought you *asked* if Shasta reached out to anyone. I wouldn't have thought that you would have known the story, since you asked that question.


161 posted on 01/15/2007 7:31:08 PM PST by Rte66
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To: Rte66

Sorry. Meant it as a rhetorical question. For the pe0ple who keep thinking that a child under that amount of duress should be able to make logical decisions. And, that the longer you are there, the longer you are isolated, the harder it becomes. And Shasta shows someone who was held an even shorter amount of time and did not immediately run to someone and ask for help once she was out in public.

Just making the point it doesn't take a lot of time to take over a child's mind.


162 posted on 01/15/2007 7:40:38 PM PST by ican'tbelieveit (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team# 36120), KW:Folding)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

I am quite sure there is a lot we don't know and will never know. My prayers are with these boys and the families. It will pass our concerns in short time, but they will have the rest of their lives to adjust.


163 posted on 01/15/2007 7:52:50 PM PST by myrabach
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To: Eva

I believe there are cases where some have gained the coping skills necessary to move past the pain and the shame; but the successful ones do not make it to the TV screen as easily as the continuing tragic ones.


164 posted on 01/15/2007 8:49:00 PM PST by Wuli
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To: jwparkerjr
It's one thing to have folder after folder, hundreds or thousands of pictures of children in sexual poses, dress or activities. It's quite another to find the person has opened an email from time-to-time that displays such pictures.

I said the same thing too right after I accidently kidnapped an 11 year old boy for sex and brainwashing.

165 posted on 01/15/2007 8:51:34 PM PST by Cogadh na Sith (There's an open road from the cradle to the tomb.)
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To: bannie

Yeah. I don't condone what happened to him at all. Even if he DID think he was doing it voluntarily he's of no age to be able to consent to such a thing -- and that's a problem I have with the way the media is asking "tough questions." But it is a question that needs to be asked, though we don't have a "need to know."

I wonder about those parents too -- they look odd. The step-father looked like a bum in the interviews. And what happened to the second kids bike? Did they find it? Was it loaded into the truck? Didn't anybody notice *that*?

I just feel we're not being told the whole story. Again, not that I have any right or need to know it. In a day or two I'll start changing the channel when I see Hannity or Greta talking about it.


166 posted on 01/16/2007 7:19:42 AM PST by ichabod1 ("Liberals read Karl Marx. Conservatives UNDERSTAND Karl Marx.")
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To: ichabod1

You said the stepfather looked like a bum. Did you know he is a volunteer fireman for his community and helped in the search for another missing child. Gee whiz if this is a bum, we need a lot more bums than people in suits with perfect teeth, that use proper English, but couldn't care a flip about their neighbor. The bum step father spent all their savings, mortgaged their home to have money to continue the hunt. Gee whiz.


167 posted on 01/16/2007 7:32:41 AM PST by mel
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To: ichabod1

FYI the mother and step dad have devoted the last 4 yrs of their life in helping with missing children. The "bum" you are referring to gave up a well paid job, used his life savings and his time in helping other families to cope with the loss of their children and in searching for his son. The step dad is not well. He has a vascular disease. After spending weeks up in Canada in another search for a missing child, he came home, only to lose his leg. It is said he will eventually lose the other leg as well. I suggest you do a little research before expressing ignorant opinions on a public forum.


168 posted on 01/16/2007 7:34:19 AM PST by BonneBlue
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To: myrabach

Children are taught to respect adults but honestly, I raised my kids to question if an adult says or does anything that makes them feel uncomfortable in any way shape or form, even from me or their dad. IMO, times are different now and we need to teach our children to trust their instincts and that it's OK follow them.


169 posted on 01/18/2007 8:26:06 AM PST by Flyd3770
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