2007-01-24 13:17:17 · 2 answers · asked by Jean S 1 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
SHAWN 'HELPED KIDNAP' 2ND BOY (Ben Ownby):
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01252007/news/nationalnews/shawn_helped__kidnap_2nd_boy_nationalnews_lukas_i__alpert.htm
The man (Walter Hornbeck) who fathered kidnapped teen Shawn Hornbeck was a convicted sex offender who did three years in a Missouri prison on drug and sodomy charges. He had little contact with his son:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01212007/news/nationalnews/victims_father_served_time_as_a_perv_nationalnews_kevin_jenkins_in__richwoods__mo___and_brad___hamilton_in_new_york.htm
Shawn's family has been given a new $250,000 home:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/jeffersoncounty/story/E15610669902CE3986257270001776FD?OpenDocument
Jailhouse interview w/ Michael Devlin:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01212007/news/nationalnews/i_am_still_too_scared_to_tell_my_mom_and_dad__kidnap_creep_admits_nationalnews_susannah_cahalan_________post_correspondent.htm?page=0
Mitchell Hults (the boy that identified the white truck in the Ben Ownby case) gets new pickup:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/364A214A8E603B278625726D0016A282?OpenDocument
2007-01-26 22:39:57 · answer #1 · answered by Cat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not too many stories about this case, I think the family is trying to keep the kid away from the press cause they know the press is going to formulate a question to the kid they don't want to hear..âº
2007-01-24 22:20:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋