Devlin pleads guilty to charges

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

UNION, Mo. -- Facing "overwhelming evidence" against him, Michael Devlin admitted Monday to kidnapping young Ben Ownby -- accepting a life sentence during the first in a staccato series of expected guilty pleas for the abduction and sexual abuse of two boys held captive in Devlin's apartment.

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