Invisible Chains: Shawn Hornbeck And The Kidnapping Case That Shook The NationIn January 2007, two boys were found in the home of Michael J. Devlin, a “nice enough guy” who managed a pizza parlor in Kirkwood, Missouri. One boy had been kidnapped four days earlier. The other, Shawn Hornbeck, had been missing for four years. How and why did this fifteen-year old, whose face appeared on thousands of milk cartons and “Have You Seen Me?” posters, stay with his abductor in plain view for four years, only an hour from his family home? From award-winning journalist Kristina Sauerwein comes this riveting story of the American kidnapping that startled the nation and catapulted the chilling reality of Stockholm Syndrome into the spotlight. Shawn had many opportunities to ask for help: he was left alone in his kidnapper's apartment many times, and had phone and Internet access. But he never tried to escape. This is the first time the full story has been told, complete with interviews with law enforcement, and top psychological experts; and a real-life happy ending. |
Contents
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Chapter 5 The Search Continues | 41 |
Chapter 6 A Perfect Suburb | 57 |
Chapter 7 Nice Enough Sometimes Odd and Kind of a Loner
| 61 |
Chapter 8 The Mean Guy in Unit D | 81 |
Chapter 17 A Predator Hunts His Prey | 199 |
Chapter 18 Really Sick | 203 |
Chapter 19 The Monster Man Strikes Again | 205 |
Chapter 20 A Funny Feeling | 225 |
Chapter 21 Missing Ben | 231 |
Chapter 22 Closing In | 241 |
Chapter 23 The Missouri Miracle | 249 |
Chapter 24 Home Safe and Sound | 267 |
Chapter 9 A Miracle by Most Accounts | 97 |
Chapter 10 A Criminal Curiosity | 101 |
Chapter 11 Clinging to Hope | 129 |
Chapter 12 Becoming Shawn Devlin
| 139 |
Chapter 13 Invisible Chains | 157 |
Chapter 14 Life without Shawn | 179 |
Chapter 15 Beaufort | 187 |
Chapter 16 A Mothers Prayer | 195 |
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Invisible Chains: Shawn Hornbeck and the Kidnapping Case That Shook the Nation Kristina Sauerwein No preview available - 2008 |