"The sheriff of Franklin County is condemning as speculation a television news report that kidnap victim Shawn Hornbeck himself helped to kidnap another victim, William "Ben" Ownby, 13."
This morning, Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke took a frustrated tone in discussing the KMOV interview.
"This information doesn't need to be released right now," he said in a telephone interview. "It's based on speculation. It's only harmful to the boys and their families."
Without citing specifics, Toelke said some of the speculation in the media "is incorrect. We've asked the media to hold off on such stories until this case goes through the judicial process. When it's released in court, it'll be public information -- and it'll be accurate." Toelke said that as soon as authorities had arrested Devlin, "We knew there was going to be speculation. So we ceased giving interviews. We didn't want to be a part of that." Now, he said, "The boys are being victimized again."
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/364A214A8E603B278625726D0016A282?OpenDocument
thank you for posting that! This just proves that people who keep talking trash about these boys are only hurting them! And a few of them on this site! So sad!
Thank you Bonnie! I suppose Uber Freepers know better than the sheriff involved with the case. Your link deserves a separate thread.