An Abducted Child Speaks Out

While Todd's life has moved on, seeing news coverage of missing children—like Shawn Hornbeck—brings the past rushing back. And although there are differences between Todd's case and that of Shawn Hornbeck and Ben Ownby, Todd says he can understand why an abducted child wouldn't be able to escape.

"When I see the Shawn Hornbeck case and I hear [people say] that, 'Wow, he had a chance to run' and all of this, [I know that] he did not have a chance to run. I know he didn't," Todd says. "I tried running, and I got beat, shot at, choked until I passed out. I'm deaf in my left ear because of it, because of the beatings from Holman. You know, they put that fear into you."

To the people who question why Shawn didn't run, Todd has something to say: "Don't judge him. He didn't have a choice and he couldn't run. He was trying to survive, and that's the bottom line," he says. "He could have been dead. Are you going to question that? He tried to stay alive. He was staying alive."