The police department’s Missing Person’s Unit has been interested in interviewing Farias and his family but has been unable to conduct those interviews as of Monday morning, the spokesperson said. In September 2018, police received information from family that Farias was spotted sleeping behind the residence of a family member, according to police.Īccording to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, nearly 360,000 reports of missing children were made to the FBI in 2022 – a figure that may include duplicates. We at Texas Center for the Missing continue to support our families through reunification and want to continue to support the families through the healing and the hope when their loved ones are missing.”įarias, then 17, was walking his two dogs in northwest Houston when he vanished, CNN affiliate KHOU reported.įarias’ whereabouts for the last eight years remain unclear. “Rudy Farias has been missing for eight years and now has been located safe. “Our mission is to continue supporting our families whose loved ones go missing,” Melissa Rangel told CNN on Monday.
The Texas Center for the Missing would not comment on the circumstances in which Farias was found, only telling CNN that its focus is on the missing person and their family. That family member was called and his mother arrived on scene, according to police. When he was initially found, Farias had an item on him that identified a family member, police said. At that point, Farias was left with family and police, Peña said. Farias’ mother signed a form refusing her son’s transport, he said. When they arrived, Farias’ mother was also there, Peña said.Ĭrews assessed Farias but he refused to be taken to a hospital, according to Peña. The Houston Fire Department responded to the scene at the request of police, Houston Fire Chief Sam Peña told CNN. Now a teen, she was just found in North Carolina
From National Center for Missing & Exploited ChildrenĪn Illinois girl vanished with her mother 6 years ago. Kayla Unbehaun was found in Asheville, North Carolina, on Saturday after being abducted from South Elgin, Illinois, in 2017. He was found by a good Samaritan who called 911, the family statement said, adding they had no other information on his case. He is “receiving the care he needs to overcome his trauma,” his mother, Janie Santana, said in a statement for the family.įarias is nonverbal and is unable to communicate with his family, according to the statement. It’s unclear where Farias has been over the years, and officials did not offer further details on his past whereabouts or what led to the call that reunited him with his family. On June 29, the Houston Police Department received a call for service, responded to the church in east Houston and later confirmed that the individual was Farias, a department spokesperson said. Rudolph “Rudy” Farias IV had been missing since March 6, 2015, according to a missing persons flyer published by the Texas Center for the Missing. A Houston man who went missing as a teen more than eight years ago was found sleeping in front of a local church, according to police.
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