Ben Ownby Picture Page
A Tribute to Ben Ownby
This page is being posted as a message of hope to families missing a children.Created:january 12, 2007
Last updated :january 2007
Ben Ownby, the 13-year-old Franklin County boy missing since Monday january 8, has been found alive in Kirkwood -- as well as Shawn Hornbeck, a boy from Washington County who has been missing since 2002.Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke said officers located both boys today in an apartment in Kirkwood. He said the case broke when two Kirkwood police officers went to serve a warrant last night and noticed the white pickup truck that had been the object of an intense search in the Ownby case. Officers went to the apartment today and found both boys inside.
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Hornbeck identified himself as the boy who has been missing since October 2002. Both boys appeared to be in good health, Toelke said.
One person has been charged in the case, identified as Michael Devlin, 41,Toelke said. He was being held in lieu of $1 million bond and being questioned as the news of the boys' recovery was announced. Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney Robert Parks told reporters that Devlin had confessed in the case.
Source: stltoday.com
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Ben Ownby and Shawn Hornbeck each appeared at news conferences the next day with their parents.
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Michael Devlin, 41, is being held in lieu of $1 million bond and being questioned.
