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The photo prompted someone to post a message yesterday suggesting Devlin used the site to lure young boys. Charles Miller, 60, who lived above him for several years, said the two would stay up "well past midnight" playing video games and that when he complained, Devlin scratched the hood of his truck with a key.
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Bailie said the first thing Ben asked for when he was returned to his family was a snack. Then he asked to play video games.
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Shawn's stepfather, Craig Akers, has said that during Shawn's captivity, he did not attend school. Some neighbors also noticed that they never saw Shawn with books or a backpack.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16634903/It sounds to me like he told these kids they wouldn't have to go to school anymore. They could play video games whenever and do whatever they wanted. It sounds like the younger, more recent boy immediately regretted his decision.
This is just a theory, but it is starting to make sense to me.