Claim: A teenage boy named Shawn Hornbeck is missing from his Missouri home.
Status: Was true, but has since been recovered.
Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2002]
Please forward this to everyone that you know. My husband's cousin is missing. He disappeared https://www.shawnhornbeck.com. Shawn has been missing for a week today. He could be anywhere by now so please pass this along to everyone that you know. Annie Hornbeck |
Origins: Shawn
Damian Hornbeck, then an 11-year-old boy, went missing from his Richwoods, Missouri, home on
He left home that day on his green
In January 2007, more than four years later, the now 15-year-old Shawn Hornbeck was recovered along with another boy from the apartment of his abductor in Kirkwood, Missouri. He, along with 13-year-old William Ben Ownby (who had disappeared a few days earlier), appear to be unharmed.
Police had been serving a warrant on an apartment complex when they noticed a white truck matching the description of a vehicle authorities had been searching for in the Ownby investigation. Further investigation led to the discovery of the boys.
Michael J. Devlin, 41, has been arrested and charged with one count of first-degree kidnapping. He is being held on
Additional information:
Missing Person: Shawn Damian Hornbeck (FBI) |
Last updated: 12 January 2007
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