They Get It Right In The Show Me State

The former pizza pie man got a life sentence yesterday in Union, Missouri. You’ll remember him as the guy who abducted and sexually abused a boy for four years, and then went out and kidnapped another boy, aged nine, because the other was getting old.

Michael Devlin is going to the can for the rest of his life because there isn’t any other sentence available, which is too bad.

Devlin spent months planning the second abduction, hanging around schools, and following school buses, hoping to isolate a boy. He asked the young victim for directions, and then grabbed him, and through him into his truck.

He had duct tape and a 9 mm in the truck.

Think about this. He hid one boy for over 4 years. He spent months planning another kidnapping. This is exactly why you have to drill it in to your kids heads to stay away from strangers. Kids need a plan for what to do, and you need to teach it to them. They need escape routes, and neighborhood alarms.

At the very least they all need a personal alarm or an electronic whistle. Other things are up to you.

Thank God he didn’t get two months, like in New Hampshire, or six months, like in Kansas.

The Show Me State still has people with common sense.

If you’re prepared, you’ll never be surprised,

Michael Gravette