lily
01-12-2007, 11:47 PM
What fantastic news! One boy fron 2002! (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16600139/)
Two missing boys found in Missouri
Boy Scout was missing since Monday; other boy missing since 2002
BREAKING NEWS
NBC News and news services
Updated: 36 minutes ago
BEAUFORT, Mo. - A Boy Scout who went missing Monday has been found along
with Shawn Hornbeck, another boy who went missing in 2002 at age 11, NBC
News reported Friday.
The Boy Scout, Ben Ownby, 13, and another adolescent boy were seen going
into the police station. NBC confirmed it was Shawn, now 15. Local
television stations said Shawn went missing from his home in Richwoods,
about 65 miles southwest of St. Louis, four years ago.
Sheriff Gary Toelke said Ben and Shawn were found in a Kirkwood home
belonging to Michael Devlin, 41. Devlin has been charged with one count of
first-degree kidnapping.
Franklin County Prosecutor Robert Parks said more charges are likely to
follow.
Toelke said Shawn identified himself to authorities when found at the home
in Kirkwood.
Authorities have said Ben disappeared Monday afternoon after stepping off
his school bus. The straight-A student was last seen running the few hundred
feet down a gravel road to his home. Police and FBI agents had been seeking
a beat-up white pickup thought to be involved in the kidnapping.
Shawn disappeared from his home in rural Washington County in 2002, when he
was 11. He went for a bike ride and never returned.
Sheriff: Boys appear unharmed
Toelke said both boys appeared unharmed. Ownby has been reunited with his
family, and Shawn's parents were coming to meet their son in Union, the
Franklin County seat, Toelke said.
Toelke said the break in the case came Thursday night. Kirkwood city police
officers were serving a warrant on an apartment complex when they noticed a
white truck matching the description of the one authorities have been
searching for in the Ownby investigation.
Kirkwood officers contacted the Franklin County Sheriff's Department and
determined where the owner of the truck was. Authorities then searched
Devlin's house and found both boys.
Toelke said authorities were surprised to find Shawn, who identified himself
when found at the home.
Toelke said authorities were still investigating the motive behind the
abductions.
"There are a lot of things we don't know right now," Toelke said.
Two missing boys found in Missouri
Boy Scout was missing since Monday; other boy missing since 2002
BREAKING NEWS
NBC News and news services
Updated: 36 minutes ago
BEAUFORT, Mo. - A Boy Scout who went missing Monday has been found along
with Shawn Hornbeck, another boy who went missing in 2002 at age 11, NBC
News reported Friday.
The Boy Scout, Ben Ownby, 13, and another adolescent boy were seen going
into the police station. NBC confirmed it was Shawn, now 15. Local
television stations said Shawn went missing from his home in Richwoods,
about 65 miles southwest of St. Louis, four years ago.
Sheriff Gary Toelke said Ben and Shawn were found in a Kirkwood home
belonging to Michael Devlin, 41. Devlin has been charged with one count of
first-degree kidnapping.
Franklin County Prosecutor Robert Parks said more charges are likely to
follow.
Toelke said Shawn identified himself to authorities when found at the home
in Kirkwood.
Authorities have said Ben disappeared Monday afternoon after stepping off
his school bus. The straight-A student was last seen running the few hundred
feet down a gravel road to his home. Police and FBI agents had been seeking
a beat-up white pickup thought to be involved in the kidnapping.
Shawn disappeared from his home in rural Washington County in 2002, when he
was 11. He went for a bike ride and never returned.
Sheriff: Boys appear unharmed
Toelke said both boys appeared unharmed. Ownby has been reunited with his
family, and Shawn's parents were coming to meet their son in Union, the
Franklin County seat, Toelke said.
Toelke said the break in the case came Thursday night. Kirkwood city police
officers were serving a warrant on an apartment complex when they noticed a
white truck matching the description of the one authorities have been
searching for in the Ownby investigation.
Kirkwood officers contacted the Franklin County Sheriff's Department and
determined where the owner of the truck was. Authorities then searched
Devlin's house and found both boys.
Toelke said authorities were surprised to find Shawn, who identified himself
when found at the home.
Toelke said authorities were still investigating the motive behind the
abductions.
"There are a lot of things we don't know right now," Toelke said.