Michael john devlin [3] (born november 19, 1965) [4] is an american criminal convicted of kidnapping and child sexual abuse of two young boys, shawn hornbeck and ben ownby. Ben ownby and shawn hornbeck are shown on jan. He is serving 74 life sentences plus 2,020 years at crossroads correctional center in cameron, missouri.his life sentences are 30 years each;
Inside an Abducted Child's Mind
His total sentence is 4,240 years.
Devlin was sentenced to 74 life sentences and 170 years of federal time after the 2007 kidnapping of ben ownby and 2002 kidnapping of shawn hornbeck.
A story on shawn hornbeck and he says he The boys, ben ownby and shawn hornbeck, were found together in devlin's apartment. (ap photo/kyle ericson) news media continue to monitor the building, right, where kidnapping victims ben ownby 8, 2007, ben ownby was taken while waiting at a bus stop in beaufort, located in franklin county.
The shawn hornbeck foundation ceased operations in 2013. In may of that year, the Today, shawn hornbeck and ben ownby have found some sense of normalcy, living peacefully with their families in st. Due to lack of funds and time, the shawn hornbeck foundation was closed, but members helped found the missouri valley search and rescue team to continue the work.
The show also includes an interview with ben ownby, who was 13 when devlin abducted him in january 2007.
Both boys were found four days after ben's abduction. Shawn was taken while riding a bike Louis called kirkwood, missouri, the term missouri miracle came about. The man who kidnapped shawn hornbeck and ben ownby was
Both were living with 20st pizza parlour manager michael devlin, 41, who snatched them from the In january 2007, the case of shawn hornbeck and ben ownby—made headlines around the world. In what is referred to as the miracle in missouri, both boys were found alive in the st. When the police entered devlin's apartment, they were shocked to find not just ben ownby but also shawn hornbeck, the boy who had been missing for over four years.
The discovery of shawn was a miracle that no one could have predicted.
The news spread quickly, and the media dubbed it the missouri miracle. Ben ownby, 13, was missing for four days. Shawn hornbeck, now 15, was missing for four years after vanishing in 2002. Ben has largely returned to the life he knew before he was abducted jan.
In beaufort, on january 8, 2007, he kidnapped ben ownby from a bus stop, with shawn in the pick up truck with him. Mitchell hults of franklin county saw the truck near the scene of the crime Shawn hornbeck stays close to his mother, pam akers, during a press conference in richwoods on jan. 13, 2007, the morning after he was found along with ben ownby in a kirkwood apartment.
Sweet because shawn was back home after having been held against his will for four years;
Shawn hornbeck was an 11 year old boy who was kidnapped while riding his bike to a friend's house near richwoods, missouri. Shawn had taken this path many times before but this time, devlin decided to kidnap a 13 year old boy named ben ownby on january 8, 2007. This time a 15 year old neighbor saw devlin's truck and knew something was Ownby, missing for only a few days, and shawn hornbeck, taken from
In 2007, he was reunited with shawn hornbeck, who, at age 16, was found alive in a kirkwood apartment. In january 2007, pam and craig akers and doris and don ownby came to the oprah winfrey show to give their very first interview after being reunited with their sons shawn hornbeck and ben ownby, who were abducted by the same man more than four years apart. On october 6, 2002, while on his way to a friend's house, shawn disappeared.
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