He was a resident of Kirkwood, Missouri, who worked as a manager for Imo's Pizza and as a part-time funeral home worker at Bopp Chapel. [5] According to a friend, Devlin had once been outgoing. He had changed "to a much quieter person" after he developed diabetes and had two toes amputated in 2002.

Jan 12, 2022 · One of the store managers, a man named Michael Devlin, owned the truck. An FBI agent was able to get a confession from Devlin.

Jan 25, 2023 · As the manager of a local pizza restaurant, Devlin was familiar to the officers. The pickup was his, but when the police asked to search his apartment, Devlin refused, appearing nervous and uncertain. Undeterred, authorities followed up …

Oct 10, 2007 · Devlin tied a rope about the boy's waist, then tied it around his own when he slept at night. Devlin even tied the boy to a futon with duct tape over his mouth while the man worked as the manager of a pizza shop, according to evidence presented Tuesday.

Oct 9, 2007 · Michael Devlin, a former pizzeria manager, pleaded guilty to dozens of felonies and one long and horrific act of torture at hearings in two Missouri counties on Tuesday.

Jan 15, 2007 · Until his arrest last Friday on kidnapping charges, Michael Devlin, 41, led a life that seemed limited to a three- or four-mile radius from the place he grew up, Webster Groves, an upscale...

Jan 12, 2023 · The man who kidnapped them both was Michael J. “Devo” Devlin, 41, a portly social misfit and pizza-restaurant manager in Kirkwood who grew up in neighboring Webster Groves. He lived in a...

Jan 24, 2007 · Devlin, who worked as the shop's day manager and also worked nights answering phones at Bopp Chapel, was known to personally carry out orders to waiting customers. He'd shake customers' hands...

Oct 8, 2007 · A former pizza parlor manager was sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping of one of two boys he is accused of holding captive in his apartment.

Jan 31, 2008 · Michael Devlin, a 42-year-old former pizza shop manager who kidnapped two boys and keeping one of them with him for more than four years, has started serving his 74 life terms in solitary confinement.