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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I agree...show the boy that no one is ashamed of him.
All us grandparents need to be nosy neighbors and take an interest in knowing the kids in the neighborhood and maintaining a healthy curiousity.
We are all responsible to see that crimes and suspected crimes are reported.
Kids will usually tell you what is going on if you take a little time to know them.
They expect a child to act like an adult when most adults don't even act like an adult.
Remember, he was 11 when he was abducted.
According to what I have read, in the case of Ben, no.
Steven Stayner's death was a motorcycle accident unrelated to his abduction. I think you are off on linking his death to abduction & abuse.
Simply looking for shift the blame from the kidnapper. LIEberals and the criminal's best friends.
NO NO NO NO NO
He's an innocent child staying alive.
No doubt you would have been so much smarter at age 11.
It's best for the media to back off this question. The boy needs medical help, and that should be the focus.
My son was molested by a neighbor's son for four years and none of us even had a clue. He was eight when it all started. Since he and my other two sons were always at the neighbor's house or they were at ours (they had 9 kids), and my son never said one word, we had absolutely no idea. Kids do NOT always tell you what's going on because they might be afraid or ashamed to.
How can you not consider the emotional problems that Steven obviously suffered until he died as not being related to his aduction? He had made many poor lifestyle choices (alcohol) that most likely led to his death IMHO.
Sorry to hear of your ordeal. Anyone who blames the children ought to be really ashamed of themselves. The list goes on and on.
Staynor
Smart
Groen girl
and many others
He was riding home from his job to see his family when a car pulled out in front of him leaving him no room to react.
It was unrelated to his abduction.
Undoubtedly, Staynor was troubled and may have intentionally done things such as riding without a helmet and taking chances.
Children are taught to obey adults and authority. Obedience starts at infancy. Reinforce that innate drive with physical violence and I can easily see how an 11-year-old would not call home.
I also think that just being abducted proves to the child that the abductor is stronger and/or smarter than the parents and are able to out do the parents when it comes to the childs safety. As time goes on and the child is not rescued -- and don't children think it is the parents who will be the rescuers -- reinforces the power of the abductor.
I just don't think that children at age 11 realize they have an amount of control over their own destiny... they still rely on the adult and parental community for their needs. Escaping is not the first thought and I believe that is why children are such easy prey for pediphiles.
I've been wondering if he met the boys on a gaming web site. The said that the younger boy was into gaming.
From what I have seen, the guilt and the shame never leave. The feelings of low self esteem plague these kids for the rest
of their lives.
Did you know that Stayners (and Timmy White) abducter, Kenneth Parnell, is now free and living in Berkley? I think he was in prison less than 10 years in spite of having previous child kidnapping convictions.
He tried to buy a boy in 2003, and is back in jail.
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