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Yes, 10 year old Katie Beers' abductor decided to confess and lead police to her after 16 days (Dec'92-Jan '93). In that case, media attention was so riveted on the appalling situation she'd been living in before she was abducted (which included a sort-of-stepfather who lived with his wife, and Katie's natural mother, and Katie, and who was known to have molested Katie in the past, and bashed her pet cat to death against a wall to keep her intimidated), that there was much less focus on speculation about the abductor than in the Smart case. Both the "stepfather" and the abductor ended up in the slammer, and the "stepfather" is eligible for parole on July 1 (not sure when the abductor may get out, but he's still in right now). This was a really weird case, because the abductor didn't have to be TOTALLY out of his mind (just mostly) to think he was doing a Katie a favor by giving her a new home with him, in an underground vault. Child Welfare Services had previously been alerted to her situation and had done nothing. Katie is now 19, still lives with the foster family which raised her since the abduction, and is attending college.