Kidnapped: Shawn Hornbeck's Incredible Story
48 Hours
CBS News
3.9 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
This classic episode of "48 Hours" explores the report of 11-year-old Shawn Hornbeck who was kidnapped in October 2002 while riding his bicycle in Richwoods, Missouri. Over the course of the next four-and-a-half years, he was held captive and sexually abused by his abductor, Michael Devlin. In January 2007, Devlin abducted another youth, Ben Ownby. With the help of a witness to that abduction, the FBI was able to trace Devlin’s car and confront him. “48 Hours” correspondent Troy Roberts reports. This "48 Hours" episode last aired on 9/5/09. Watch all-new episodes of 48 Hours on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.
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| 0:09.0 | For two decades, FBI agent Robert Hansen sold secrets to the Kremlin. |
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| 0:39.0 | Music |
| 0:57.0 | J.C. Dougard will sound alive. |
| 1:00.0 | We are so very grateful to have her home. |
| 1:16.0 | October 6, 2002 was a Sunday. It was about one o'clock in the afternoon. |
| 1:22.0 | Sean was bored and asked if he could go out to play. |
| 1:28.0 | He wanted to ride his bike to his friend's house, something that we had let him do, you know, hundreds, maybe thousands of times before. |
| 1:37.0 | We said sure, just be careful, be home by five for dinner. |
| 1:43.0 | Sean was 11, really good kid, cared about other people. We were really proud of him. |
| 1:50.0 | To me, he was just my sweet little boy. |
| 1:53.0 | I think I remember most is before I lost, my mom gave me a hug and a kiss until I loved her and then I'm off. |
| 2:02.0 | He was just driving around looking for the right opportunity, looking for a child alone. |
| 2:10.0 | He is a sexual predator, predatory animal, a person who would prey on children. |
| 2:17.0 | And in my estimation, the lowest farm of a human being, if you can even call him a human being. |
| 2:24.0 | When Sean turned on Indian Creek Road, his life changed forever. |
| 2:48.0 | It wasn't a bike ride for sure, it was terrifying. |
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