GUILTY MO - Shawn Hornbeck & Ben Ownby abducted by Michael Devlin, 2007

[*~Aimee~*]

Hornbeck Foundation to cease operations

http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/383405/3/Hornbeck-Foundation-to-cease-operations

RICHWOODS, Mo. (AP) - The Shawn Hornbeck Foundation is calling it quits. The foundation says in a posting on its Facebook page that it is no longer able to devote the time and resources necessary to keep going.

 

[OEJ]

I'll never forget those years looking at Shawn's missing photo and wondering what had become of him. Then, the overwhelming rush of love and gratitude to see him and Ben rescued and reunited with their families. I love those boys and always will.

 

[JerseyGirl]

One search, two boys found: The Missouri Miracle 10 years ago

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_37766043-015c-560f-bc7c-6edab12c3730.html

 

[iulia]

From the archives: 11-year-old boy, Shawn Hornbeck, vanishes near Richwoods home

 

[Cagle]

A father has died 12 years after his long missing stepson was found in the suburban St. Louis apartment of his captor with another recently abducted boy.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Craig Akers was 57 when he died on July 15. He had been diagnosed with bladder cancer in June.

In 2007, he was reunited with Shawn Hornbeck, who, at age 16, was found alive in a Kirkwood apartment. He was with 13-year-old Ben Ownby, who had gone missing four days earlier. Shawn had disappeared four years earlier.

...SBM

Akers' wife, Pam Akers, said that her husband was "so grateful he got to spend more time with Shawn." Shawn was a baby when the couple met.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article232962257.html

 

[Laughing]

View Craig Akers's Obituary and express your condolences

Craig Akers, father of Shawn Hornbeck, passes away at 57