Take a good look at the scumbag in the above picture and see the face of evil. May his remaining days be filled with fear and pain. I was thrilled to hear the news that Ben Ownby had been found, and was stunned to hear another boy who had disappeared in 2002 was also found with him.
I dread to think what may have happened to Shawn Hornbeck, but at this point, all we can do is pray for him and his family, who must be overwhelmed with joy at this time.
Shawn Hornbeck and Ben Ownby disappeared 4 1/2 years and 40 miles apart. Police were stunned to find both boys - alive and apparently well - in the same suburban St. Louis apartment.
The shocking development Friday was hailed as a miracle in two rural Missouri communities - Richwoods, where Shawn was 11 when he disappeared on Oct. 6, 2002 - and Beaufort 40 miles to the north, where Ben, 13, hadn't been seen since getting off a school bus Monday afternoon.
A routine search warrant led police to investigate the Kirkwood, Mo., apartment dweller, Michael Devlin, 41, an Imo's Pizza manager and part-time funeral home worker. He was charged with first-degree kidnapping and held in the Franklin County Jail on $1 million bond.
An elated Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke, who headed the search for Ben, began a news conference Friday by telling reporters, "We have some good news and we have some probably unbelievable news."
The key to finding the boys was a beat-up white pickup truck spotted by a schoolmate of Ben's who got off the bus at the same time. The friend saw the pickup speeding away about the time Ben vanished from the gravel road near his home.
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