I'm not a mental health professional nor connected with these families, but something just doesn't seem right on this one. The pizza manager abductor worked long hours and the boys were apparently free to run, but didn't.
CNN is running a story equating their strange story to Elizabeth Smart's, which was the first thing that crossed my mind as well. They rounded up some experts who listed out a variety of syndromes that might explain everything, one being threats made by the perpetrator on either the boys or their families. That seems plausible, but after awhile you'd think such a thing would wear thin. Maybe some form of Stockholm Syndrome?
Admittedly most adults have never experienced such circumstances so it's hard to completely understand, but if you read through some of the St. Louis message boards as to what their local TV stations are saying--things like the kids going out to fast food joints and even having sleepovers. That's either a pretty powerful threat, or no threat at all.
MORE 1/22/07
The talking head shows keep showing clips from the initial news conference after Shawn was discovered. The look he shot his step-dad that very first day...well, let's leave it at that.
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