Miracle in MO- 2 missing boys found alive- one missing since 2002!

[Nephythys]

Link (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,243479,00.html)



BEAUFORT, Mo. — A 13-year-old boy missing since the beginning of the week was found alive in a suburban St. Louis home, along with a 15-year-old boy missing since 2002, authorities said Friday.





wowowowowowowow- I am so happy- can you imagine the parents!!!! The family of the boy missing for 5 years?



wow!

[BarTopDancer]

Oh wow! That's amazing!

[Nephythys]

So often these end so tragically- this is amazing.

I can not even begin to imagine the family of the older boy-how long they have wondered and now they are on their way to see him and hug him again.

It makes me want to cry....glerk- at work...no crying.

[Moonliner]

My god, you go looking for one lost boy and find two. Unbelievable.

What a happy ending to a tragic story.

[Alex]

Talk about ripped from the episode guides. Something similar happened in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit earlier this year.

Also, read The Deep End of the Ocean for a fictional look at the aftermath of such a recovery.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Also, read The Deep End of the Ocean for a fictional look at the aftermath of such a recovery.My first thought is - what if you've already grieved the death of a child and they suddenly appear? What of the child's mental state and quite probable Stockholm syndrome? This is going to be rough for everyone. But a happy kind of rough. :)

[Kevy Baby]

Freakin' amazing.

Though this one line was interesting:
The boys were found in a Kirkwood home belonging to Michael Devlin, 41, who has been charged with one count of first-degree kidnapping, Sheriff Gary Toelke said.(Emphasis mine)

I am interested in why it is only ONE charge. However, this may be the answer (from later in the story):
Toelke said authorities were still investigating the motive behind the abductions. Franklin County Prosecutor Robert Parks said more charges are likely to be filed.

[Babette]

Talk about ripped from the episode guides. Something similar happened in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit earlier this year.

Also, read The Deep End of the Ocean for a fictional look at the aftermath of such a recovery.I Know My First Name is Steven true life mini-series about Steven Stayner starring Corkie Nemec. So sad. The boy was told by a reverend his family moved away, and that he was his new "father". He abused him until he was too old, then made him help abduct another boy. He later reunited with his family after many years (like 8 I think), grew up to become a police officer, then died in a motor cycle crash.

I am so happy for the boys and their families. I wish them all the best. Does anyone else think the younger boy's name sounds like Obi-Wan Kenobi?

[Kevy Baby]

Does anyone else think the younger boy's name sounds like Obi-Wan Kenobi?Not until you mentioned it. And now I can't get it out of my head.

[MouseWife]

I Know My First Name is Steven true life mini-series about Steven Stayner starring Corkie Nemec. So sad. The boy was told by a reverend his family moved away, and that he was his new "father". He abused him until he was too old, then made him help abduct another boy. He later reunited with his family after many years (like 8 I think), grew up to become a police officer, then died in a motor cycle crash.


This is what I thought of, as well. Also along the issues that CP brought up. He {Steven Stayner}, if I remember, had a very difficult time overcoming what happened to him {and he brought himself to the police station, if I remember correctly, to save the boy the man made him kidnap for him}.

And, his brother, Cary Stayer {sp}, his brother, is the man who murdered the mother, daughter and friend on their trip to Yosemite and also killed the worker by the river. They claim he was also affected by what happened to Steven.

It is a happy time but the road will be rough.

I am glad they are home.

[Babette]

And, his brother, Cary Stayer {sp}, his brother, is the man who murdered the mother, daughter and friend on their trip to Yosemite and also killed the worker by the river. They claim he was also affected by what happened to Steven.OMG Did not know that!

Happy thoughts to these boys and their families.

[MouseWife]

http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/psychology/kenneth_parnell/index.html

I googled Cary Stayner and this is what I found. The little bit I read about Steven Stayners' abduction is heartwrenching.

[Alex]

The Staynor story must have been the origin for the Law & Order episode as it had a similar setup (though a different conclusion).

[MouseWife]

Oops! Thanks, Alex, for the correct spelling. :snap:

[Jughead P. Jones]

On one hand, it is really joyous that the families of these missing boys will get their children back.

But, at the same time...it's five years away from your child...five years of birthdays, Christmases and milestones...that they can never get back.

As much as it's a happy ending...it's bittersweet.

[MouseWife]

As well as whatever they've been through, they will carry with them. I read the person who lived above the apartment heard fighting and lound noises at night. He {the one there longer} didn't go to school, so he must not have had interaction with other kids on a regular basis?

I had worried about taking in foster children who had suffered so much because of the fact of their behaviour would not be so easily able to handle. To decipher.

Bittersweet, yes. And, everytime you look at them how can you not help but remember what they sufferered? And, how can you ever mend this? As a parent, you can't stand to know if you child is sad, or hungry, or isn't feeling well.

[Betty]

And, his brother, Cary Stayer {sp}, his brother, is the man who murdered the mother, daughter and friend on their trip to Yosemite and also killed the worker by the river. They claim he was also affected by what happened to Steven.


Which is also odd because their parents (the mother and daughter's) where the owners of a ranch my Grandparents were caretakers on and I used to spend summers on. They took me to the Carson house ( a private club in a historical victorian mansion in Eureka) as a child - soemthing I'll never forget. How odd it was to see them again in the news when their daughter and granddaughter were murdered!

It's fascinating - if only a morbid way - to see that one event leads to a string of others and that we are all connected in ways we would never imagine.

[MouseWife]

What a coincidence, although a sad one, eh? Nice to see someone in the news later in life and see something good has happened to them.

They seemed like such a nice family from what I saw on the news. It really was horrible how he chose them and killed them. All of them.

It is mind blowing how people 'hunt' people to use for their sick games. They have something in their mind and then find people to fill in the roles.