Michael Devlin

Michael Devlin is the man alleged to have abducted boys and held them captive. His hearing is being held in Franklin County, Missouri.

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cutting deals with the devil

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Pedophile Michael Devlin offered no apologies in court this week but elaborated why his captive Shawn Hornbeck stayed with him more than four years: The terrorized young man cut a deal just as Devlin was beginning to strangle him to death. “This boy made this contract, this deal with the devil, only to survive,” Washington County prosecutor John Rupp said. Christopher Leonard, AP reporter who broke the story in January when Shawn and Ben Ownby were found alive has has followed up with mind blowing interview with Devlin’s defense team and their decision to push Devlin to plead guilty. Why did they abandon the ... Read Full Story

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Shawn Hornbeck, William Ownby, Michael Devlin: Devlin kidnapped Hornbeck, Ownby | Glimmer News

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Shawn Hornbeck was kidnapped by Michael Devlin. For four years, Hornbeck lived with Devlin. Hornbeck had the chances to escape but he didn’t. Psychology experts believed Hornbeck was psyched by Devlin. Read Full Story

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Michael Devlin pleads not guilty

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Michael Devlin, 41, is charged with abducting Ben Ownby after the boy stepped off a school bus earlier this month. But Michael Devlin is pleading "Not Guilty" to the charges. His case is all over the news. Devlin’s attorneys told reporters today that they want the case moved out of Franklin County. “There’s no way we can get a fair trial in this county with the amount of attention it’s gotten,” defense attorney Michael Kielty said. It is probably true - this story has been all over news channels and it'll be hard for them to find an unbiased jury in Franklin Read Full Story

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Shawn Hornbeck's Harrowing Tale of Abuse As Kidnap Victim

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Shawn Hornbeck has endured what no child should ever have to experience. In October 2002, Hornbeck was kidnapped at age 11 and suffered unspeakable abuses at the hands of his abductor, Michael Devlin , until he was rescued by FBI agents in January 2007. “Nobody knows the real story except for me,” says Hornbeck, 17. “There wasn’t a day when I didn’t think he was just gonna kill me…[sometimes] it seemed I was better off dead than living through that.” Read more. Read Full Story

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Welcome to our blog about Michael Devlin

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Adding insult to infamy: 26 years after attack on Marine barracks in Beirut, families stymied again in bid for restitution (Bryan Bender, November 14, 2009 , Boston Globe) On Veterans Day, Christine Devlin stood in the cold in Westwood for the unveiling of a new memorial to local soldiers lost overseas, including her son Michael, one of the 241 servicemen killed in the bombing of the US Marine barracks in Lebanon in 1983. Devlin is among 30...

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On Veterans Day, Christine Devlin stood in the cold in Westwood for the unveiling of a new memorial to local soldiers lost overseas, including her son Michael, one of the 241 servicemen killed in the bombing of the US Marine barracks in Lebanon in 1983. Devlin is among 30 Massachusetts relatives of victims of the Beirut attack who have been fighting for more than a decade to get compensation for what many consider the first major terrorist...

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