Kidnapper told boy his parents did not want him

thisislondon.co.uk ^ | 1/15/07

[lawdude]

"Must be a lib. Cant debate without resorting to name calling. Well lawdud there is this thing called common sense and I would hazzard to guess that you thought OJ was guilty also."

Name calling? You, through some perverted use of logic, tie me in with NAMBLA (which is a despicable organization) and you say I am resorting to name calling.

This alone proves your limited mental capacity.

BTW, I am not sure what your comment about me thinking OJ was GUILTY means but I attribute it to the same lunacy.

You have established your credibility .... NOT.

Now, STFU and go away.

[WV Mountain Mama]

That is my sentiment as well, but fortunately/unfortunately (depending on which side of the law your on) we have procedures. I would think in this case, the trial is a technicality, as Shawn will be a witness and the boy was caught with him, as well as Ben's testimony. I have also seen cases (On 48 Hours) when I felt that the defendants were absolutely railroaded by the justice system and convicted wrongfully. Hopefully the system will correct itself for them. Let's hope devlin's attorney will make sure it is fair, but not try to get him off no matter how it is done. As I said earlier too, I hope if they enter an insanity defense the state has a guilty and insane law so that he will get mandatory jail time.

It still doesn't warrant the NAMBLA stuff in your posts. The name calling on the thread and the site that I have seen lately bugs me.

[xsmommy]

exactly. again, why anyone would even say WELL I WOULDN"T do such and such, when they have NO CLUE what they might do in such a situation.

[WV Mountain Mama]

He was responding to Eva's post, the first part was her quote.

[stlnative]

I know Kirkwood MO very well and it has changed quite a bit over the years - I had a late night/early morning delivery route there for a while back in the early 90's - 7 days a week. I was out on my route the same night some kid got popped in someone's driveway on west side of Lindbergh. I handled the east side of Lindbergh including Meacham Park.

I don't recall Imo's being there in Kirkwood in the early 90's. I do miss their wonderful cheesy pizza and I have not had one for years. I no longer live in St. Louis but I do get up there fairly often.

I can see how Shawn would not trust the police, no doubt they knew Devlin and they probably went into Imo's often to eat pizza while on break. I am sure that Devlin let Shawn know that he saw the police regularly at the Imo's and that they would be on his side instead of Shawn's. I also sure that Devlin felt comfortable enough with local police to where he knew they would not question him about Shawn if they only saw him with Devlin every once in while. I am sure he told police also that he was his godson and that the boy was threatened to keep a low profile when the police were around.

[mel]

ok, thanks as I went back I saw it, should have used quotes

[WV Mountain Mama]

your=you're, egads, I hate that typo!!!!!

[Constitutions Grandchild]

No record, other than traffic offenses (which may have been the result of the impromptu fund raisers the various municipalities run from time to time). He was not the guy from Utah or Texas as first reported -- he was a local St. Louisan who was adopted by the the Devlin family who have posted a letter to the families of the boys through their attorney.

Only thing I'm shocked by at this point is the plea of not guilty -- now that's going to be interesting, I must say, or it takes incredible chutzpa.

[Ohioan from Florida]

I won't judge his parents either. From what I saw the other day, they are wonderful people and will work through this together with Shawn.

[WV Mountain Mama]

I wonder how some of our Uber FReepers (freepers who think they could handle any situation perfectly, as would each and every one of their family members cause they raised 'em right, dammit!!) would look after going through Hell for so long.

[Long Island Pete]

TTFN

[Constitutions Grandchild]

Who knows WHAT Devlin thought?! Yeah, Imo's is next to Spencer's Grill-- still serves the best breakfasts in town. You wouldn't recognize the place now -- they tore down the Target and put in Lofts and townhomes starting in the $600,000.00 range on the property. Unbelievable! Most of us think it looks like the project from Hell, but we have lots and lots of new projects. Lots and lots of new people, too. Probably with lots and lots of different hobbies and ideas, too. Hope Devlin didn't promote the area as a great place to molest a child.

[WV Mountain Mama]

From what I have seen reported, Shawn's family pretty much bankrupted themselves from all the money, time and effort they spent trying to find not only Shawn, but every other child that went missing whose family they could help.

[rwa265]

Which would have been better? For his mother to remain a widow or for her to get married again?

[RightWhale]

SHUDDER TO THINK What's on your Computer ?????????????

You are. And on the edge.

[Ohioan from Florida]

I think it's a mistake. Because there were no quote marks from the earlier post that you responded to, it might have been misinterpreted by CG. You two seem to be on the same side from where I'm sitting. Hope that helps.

[bonfire]

"And not just about this story."

I hope the mods are paying attention to who's posting this crap.

[bonfire]

I know. And it makes me ill.

[RightWhale]

your post is clear as mud as to intent

Of course it is. But, who knows? with some work and expansion it could become Proust.

[RightWhale]

you don't realize

You cannot know, and trying to project won't accomplish anything.