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Missing Boy Left Clues On The Internet

Via CBS News.

During the four years he was missing, both Shawn Hornbeck and his family were all over the Internet — he, on a variety of social networking sites, posting photos and messages, while they were with a website seeking clues and assistance in their desperate search for him.

In a chilling twist, CBS News correspondent Daniel Sieberg reports, Shawn and his parents may have crossed paths online more than a year ago. Someone going by "Shawn Devlin" - the last name of the accused kidnapper - visited his parents' online message board and wrote "how long are you planning to look for your son?"

Could he have been using the Internet to drop digital breadcrumbs?

posted by Fergie @ 1/15/2007 06:00:00 PM