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William "Ben" Ownby and Shawn Hornbeck
Date: 1/12/2012 Album ID: 1394287
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Five years have passed since police nabbed a Kirkwood man who abducted two boys and kept them as sex slaves inside his tiny apartment. Four days after William "Ben" Ownby disappeared, police closed in on Michael Devlin's 450-square-foot apartment in the 400 block of South Holmes Avenue.
* FILE ** Over 100 rescue workers and volunteers are searching the area near Richwoods, Mo., in rural Washington County where Shawn Damian Hornbeck, 11, of Richwoods, shown in this undated photo, has been missing since Sunday evening. (AP Photo/Post-Dispatch)
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Craig Akers, father of missing Shawn Hornbeck talks with volunteers in Richwoods, Mo., Friday, Oct. 11, 2002. Shawn, 11, disappeared while riding his bicycle last Sunday near his home in Richwoods, Mo. More than 200 volunteers have been involved in the search including local law enforcement and the FBI. (AP Photo/James A. Finley)
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Image thought to be of Shawn Hornbeck from the time he was living in Kirkwood, Mo. as Shawn Devlin. Image from the website Gamertag Pics, where he used the ID DevilDevlin. The photo would appear to be from in front of the apartment he shared with accused kidnapper Michael Devlin on Holmes Avenue in Kirkwood. HANDOUT
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The two doors, bottom left and right, that access the apartment in the complex in the 400 block of South Holmes where police found two missing boys in the apartment of Michael J. Devlin on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, in Kirkwood, Mo. The boys, Ben Ownby and Shawn Hornbeck, were found together in Devlin's apartment. (AP Photo/Kyle Ericson)
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2007 -- Ron Cobb, owner of Cobb's Grocery store in Richwoods, tapes on the word FOUND, on Shawn Hornbeck's missing poster Saturday. Hornbeck was reunited with his family the night before, as well as Ben Ownby, who had been missing for five days. Hornbeck disappeared four years ago. Huy Richard Mach | Post-Dispatch
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MONDAY 8 OCTOBER 2007 - Michael Devlin is escorted by Franklin County sheriff's deputies from the Franklin County Courthouse in Union after pleading guilty to kidnapping and armed criminal action in the January abduction of William 'Ben' Ownby. Robert Cohen | Post-Dispatch
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2007 -- Investigators remove evidence from Michael Devlin's apartment Thursday afternoon in Kirkwood. Huy Richard Mach | Post-Dispatch
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Michael Devlin is seen in this photo provided by the Washington County Sheriff's Department prior to his arraignment Monday, May 21, 2007 in Potosi, Mo. Devlin is charged with kidnapping and sexually abusing the then 11-year-old Shawn Hornbeck in 2002. (AP Photo/Washington County Sheriff's Department)
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THURSDAY, JAN. 18, 2007 -- UNION, Mo. -- Michael Devlin, defendant in the Wiliam Ben Ownby kidnapping case, appears through a video feed before Judge David B. Tobben in Franklin County Court in Union, Mo. on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007 during arraignment proceedings. Huy Richard Mach | Post-Dispatch
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1/18/07 Thursday Richwoods, Mo. Richwoods School Principal Randy Boyer points Thursday afternoon to the area where Shawn Hornbeck's portrait should have been in the class photo of 2006. The small school has students from kindergarten through eighth grade. J.B. Forbes | Post-Dispatch
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2007 -- Shawn Hornbeck smiles during a press conference Saturday in Richwoods, the morning after he was found along with Ben Ownby in a Kirkwood apartment. Hornbeck, now 15-years-old, was last seen riding his bike four years ago in Richwoods. Michael Devlin, a 41-year-old Kirkwood man, is being held and charged with kidnapping in the Ownby case. Huy Richard Mach | Post-Dispatch
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1/12/07 Friday Beaufort, Mo. Amanda Schroepfer, 17, puts up a Welcome Home sign Friday night for Ben Ownby at the Voss Market in Beaufort after the news came that Ownby and Shawn Hornbeck were safe. J.B. Forbes | Post-Dispatch
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2007 -- Shawn Hornbeck stays close to his mother, Pam Akers, during a press conference Saturday in Richwoods, the morning after he was found along with Ben Ownby in a Kirkwood apartment. Hornbeck, now 15-years-old, was last seen riding his bike four years ago in Richwoods. Michael Devlin, a 41-year-old Kirkwood man, is being held and charged with kidnapping in the Ownby case. Huy Richard Mach | Post-Dispatch
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2007 -- Shawn Hornbeck stays close to his mother, Pam Akers, during a press conference Saturday in Richwoods, the morning after he was found along with Ben Ownby in a Kirkwood apartment. Hornbeck, now 15-years-old, was last seen riding his bike four years ago in Richwoods. Michael Devlin, a 41-year-old Kirkwood man, is being held and charged with kidnapping in the Ownby case. Huy Richard Mach | Post-Dispatch
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1/16/07 Tuesday Union, Mo. Mitchell Hults, 15, center, and his classmate Gerard Brandkamp, 14, watch Tuesday morning as various dignitaries take their seats at the start of the Union High School assembly honoring Hults for his part in saving the two kidnapped boys: Ben Ownby and Shawn Hornbeck. In the foreground is Matt Eurard, 15, left, and Sam Burkett, 15. J.B. Forbes | Post-Dispatch
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WEDNESDAY 24 JAN 2007 - Mitchell Hults gets a look under the hood of his new Dodge pickup truck that was presented to him by Chrysler executives at the St. Louis Auto Show Wednesday morning. Hults' description of a truck used in the kidnapping of his neighbor, Ben Ownby, was instrumental in the recovery of the boy and Shawn Hornbeck. Robert Cohen | Post-Dispatch
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WEDNESDAY 24 JAN 2007 - Mitchell Hults, right and his mother Sheri gets a look at their new Dodge pickup truck that was presented to him by Chrysler executives at the St. Louis Auto Show Wednesday morning. Hults' description of a truck used in the kidnapping of his neighbor, Ben Ownby, was instrumental in the recovery of the boy and Shawn Hornbeck. Robert Cohen | Post-Dispatch
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Mitchell Hults, right, cheers as he watches Larry the Cable Guy perform, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007, at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo. Hults, who has been labeled a hero because his tip led police to find missing boys Ben Ownby and Shawn Hornbeck, got backstage passes for the show. The comedian even posted a message on his Web site praising Hults. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)
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POTOSI, MISSOURI -- Washington County Courthouse, Tuesday, October 9, 2007 -- Michael Devlin appears for court at the Washington County courthouse on Tuesday morning in Potosi, Missouri. Devlin pleaded guilty to charges of kidnapping and sexual assault on two boys. He also faces appearances at the St. Louis Circuit Court and federal court in downtown St. Louis. Erik M. Lunsford | Post-Dispatch
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POTOSI, MISSOURI -- Washington County Courthouse, Tuesday, October 9, 2007 -- Michael Devlin appears for court at the Washington County courthouse on Tuesday morning in Potosi, Missouri. Devlin pleaded guilty to charges of kidnapping and sexual assault on two boys. He also faces appearances at the St. Louis Circuit Court and federal court in downtown St. Louis. Erik M. Lunsford | Post-Dispatch
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