Angel
01-13-2007, 11:41 AM
Omg, I know this isn't really ageless related but I had to post this because I've been following this boy's search for years. His son and mine were less than a month apart in age so I was drawn to his story when he went missing and followed it since 2002.
I am crying at his discovery.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/01/13/boys.found/index.html
A brief summary. Ben Ownby went missing about 1 week ago. Someone noticed a truck matching the description of the perp while serving a warrant in the same apartment complex. When they traced it back to the owner they found Ben and Shawn. Shawn went missing at age 11, 4 years ago.
If you are interested in websleuth (www.websleuths.com) kind of stuff, as I am, it turns out that a "Shawn Devlin" from "Kirkwood" posted a cryptic message in 2005 on shawnhornbeck.com's (http://www.shawnhornbeck.com/guestbook.cfm) website. Turns out the perps last name was Devlin and Shawn and Ben were located in Kirkwood. You have to look for the 12/1/05 post. You may need to reload/refresh the screen quite a bit since the site has been overloaded since his discovery and crashes a bunch. Very bittersweet and many are wondering if Shawn himself or the perp posted the info. Seems like someone was trying to point them to him.
Both alive! What an amazing gift to two families that suffered. One for 4 days and one for 4 years. What a gift to Shawn's family.
More at the link above.
I am crying at his discovery.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/01/13/boys.found/index.html
A brief summary. Ben Ownby went missing about 1 week ago. Someone noticed a truck matching the description of the perp while serving a warrant in the same apartment complex. When they traced it back to the owner they found Ben and Shawn. Shawn went missing at age 11, 4 years ago.
If you are interested in websleuth (www.websleuths.com) kind of stuff, as I am, it turns out that a "Shawn Devlin" from "Kirkwood" posted a cryptic message in 2005 on shawnhornbeck.com's (http://www.shawnhornbeck.com/guestbook.cfm) website. Turns out the perps last name was Devlin and Shawn and Ben were located in Kirkwood. You have to look for the 12/1/05 post. You may need to reload/refresh the screen quite a bit since the site has been overloaded since his discovery and crashes a bunch. Very bittersweet and many are wondering if Shawn himself or the perp posted the info. Seems like someone was trying to point them to him.
Both alive! What an amazing gift to two families that suffered. One for 4 days and one for 4 years. What a gift to Shawn's family.
More at the link above.