Sodomy charges in Hornbeck/Ownby case
Posted
February 5, 2007 at
6:58 pm by
Jessica
Today, forced sodomy charges were brought against Michael Devlin, the sick, pizza makin’ mother-fucker who abducted Shawn Hornbeck and little Ben Ownby. The details come out as the blogosphere has been on fire with accusations and uniformed opinions as to why Shawn Hornbeck didn’t escape, given all his opportunities. I have read many of these small minded criticisms of the victim himself, with many holding the caveat that they will gladly eat crow if they are found to be wrong. Most notably, Bill O’Reilly who has been an outspoken critic of Shawn Hornbecks presumable compliance with his captor.
Well, get ready to eat it assholes.
I don’t think it’s much of a leap to believe that Shawn was blackmailed. These poor boys, even in their “miracle” of being rescued, this has got to be so humiliating for them. How do you think Ben Ownby’s friends are going to act towards him? How are kids in general going to act towards him? You know how cruel kids can be.
The details will make your stomach turn.
From The Guardian Unlimited:
Devlin, a 41-year-old pizzeria manager who had previously been charged with two counts of kidnapping, was charged with 69 counts of forcible sodomy, all felonies and each punishable by up to life in prison.
St. Louis County prosecutor Robert McCullough said 18 of the counts related to an abduction last month, and the remaining counts were related to an abduction several years ago, apparent references to the Jan. 8 disappearance of 13-year-old Ben Ownby and the 2002 kidnapping of Shawn Hornbeck, now 15.
For the four days he was held, Ben was molested four times a day, prosecutors said.
Both boys were found inside Devlin’s apartment in the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood on Jan. 12.
McCullough said the evidence includes interviews with all of the people involved. “Devlin acknowledged committing these acts,” McCullough said.
Forbes report that Ben was forced into sex 17 times during his 4 day abduction:
St. Louis County prosecutor Robert McCullough said 17 of the counts related to 13-year-old Ben Ownby, who disappeared Jan. 8, and the remaining counts were related to Shawn Hornbeck, now 15, who was abducted in 2002.
Tags: Ben-Ownby, michael-devlin, Missouri, molestation, News-&-Politics, Shawn-Hornbeck, sodomy |
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1. thordora said:
February 6, 2007 @ 8:23 am
“Well, get ready to eat it assholes.”
no shit. Well said.
2. Jane said:
February 14, 2007 @ 1:11 pm
I can not believe there are people out there blaming the 15 year old VICTIM. We have no clue what that sick pervert did to that kid. All he has known for 4 years is abuse. We don’t know what he told him or did to him. I want to shake the people who blame him. We should be thanking God they were saved and that the sicko is behind bars where I hope the other prisoners make him suffer!!!!!!!!!! and suffer….. and suffer… for many years to come!Or hell maybe our justice system will kill him but I hope they make him suffer first!!!!!!!!!
3. Chistian said:
February 20, 2007 @ 9:58 pm
I can’t believe people are stupid enough to blame Shawm for something that waan’t his fault.His a victim!!!He didn’t ask to be kidnapped.Obviously you need to go through what he went through to know how you would really react.You can’t say you would do this and that if you ae not really in his situaion.You dont know how mucch control te kidnapper would have over you.Especially when youre kidnapped at an early age.
4. Gabriel said:
March 2, 2007 @ 12:10 am
Bill O’Reilly should be forcibly sodomized in the same manner. Wonder what he’d do…effen bastard. As for Devlin, someone get me a gun and let me get just one shot at the fckr…I promise I’ll send him straight to hell where he belongs for ETERNITY.
5. John said:
October 11, 2007 @ 9:40 am
For this sick crazed maniac I agree with Gabrial(last post) But before shooting him tie him up in a public showing and let people spit , shoot rock and torture him until he can’t stand it anymore then when the parents feel their rage and hatred towards him , give them the gun for Mike. Put him out of our lives. Wait, Bring all those sexual offenders and let them watch him die.
6. julymom said:
October 11, 2007 @ 7:51 pm
I live near the STL area and it’s been all over the news. It literally made me sick to see him on the TV. They were quite graphic for the evening news. They said that Devlin was in the process of choking Hornbeck (with the intent to kill him), but that Hornbeck talked him out of it by promising to do anything Devlin wanted if he wouldn’t kill him. Devlin made him promise to take his last name, and never try to leave or he’d find him and kill him. Let’s not forget that Hornbeck was only 11 or 12 at this time. Fucking bastard.