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Shawn Hornbeck In 2002
Shawn Hornbeck disappeared from his home in rural Washington County, MO., in October 2002, when he was 11. He went for a bike ride and never returned.
He was discovered in an apartment near St. Louis, MO on January 12, 2007

Shawn Hornbeck, as he appears four and a half years after he was abducted

Shawn and His Mom, Now

A Warm Reunion with his dad
Two missing Missouri boys, one of them missing since 2002, were found alive in a Kirkwood, Missouri, apartment, and a suspect was arrested, Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke said Friday.
Shawn Hornbeck, 15, of Richwoods, Missouri, was last seen riding his bike to a friend's house in October 2002. Richwoods is about 60 miles south of St. Louis.
William Ben Ownby, 13, had been missing since Monday. He was last seen after getting off his school bus in Franklin County, near St. Louis.
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