Questions are growing about the alleged disappearance of a Texas teen who was found alive eight years after being reported missing. But investigators now say he was home with his mother almost the entire time. NBC News’ Priscilla Thompson has the latest.
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If this is not a perfect example child protective services Failing AMERICA while Police only do paperwork without the footwork I don’t know what is , EVERYONE SHOULD GET FIRED AND INVESTIGATED!!!
What the
Wow, I’m so angry at their lies…I almost hope they both disappear for real now.
According to allegations from the boy (now man) he was drugged and abused by his mother. The report on this channel is missing a lot of important information.
The boy was sexually abused by his own mother and flinched every time someone was trying to touch him and kept in a fetal position for a long time in the hospital while recovering from multiple cuts and bruises before released back to his mother. Someone needs to help this young man and fast before something worse happens to him 😭😭💔
@Estrella Del Mar a 17 year old – 25 year old is a grown man, not a boy. Unless he was caged like an animal, they both need to go to prison for Fraudulent behavior and probably insurance fraud, Food Stamp Fraud, Housing Fraud, etc. you’re telling me for 7 years, the guy never went outside ? I’ll wait to hear more details on how that is even possible.
You guys aren’t reporting the whole story, the allegations made against the mother by the son are horrifying …horrifying
@richellehartford98
That can’t be true! Women never sexually abuse boys, and I know it’s true because that’s what feminists have told me.
They either don’t have the evidence for that yet OR, & I hate to suggest it but, because she’s a woman & they hate showing that women can be just as deplorable as men.
@Easy didn’t know that at the time that I wrote that comment. I just commented on the story being fishy.
I did see videos about what you’re saying and I think it’s sad and disgusting. this woman should be locked up for life. This is how serial killers become who they are. because of mothers like that. allegedly if it’s true.
@SkRo0 L3w5eI’m sure they’re gathering evidence right now. Need to put all their ducks in a row.
says this, then doesn’t give the whole story either
Crazy plot twist 😮
Yeah, that mother clearly has issues and the police should have done their job some time ago. They should have noticed something especially if they knew there was a missing person from that address. She should not be charged bc the police never did their duty each time they were called to that home!
Blame the police always
Something doesn’t look right about that man. Did the original story mention him having an intellectual disability because he looks like what you would expect an adult with an 8 year old child’s mind to look like.
Or, fellow citizens who claim that this is a scamming mom and son pair, maybe it’s possible that this is an extreme case of child abuse. Maybe mom was doing the scamming by imprisoning her son so she could gain $ and sympathy.
Allegations from the son say he was abused and drugged ABC7 Bay Area reported that yesterday. This report left a lot out.
But what about the Dogs!?!?
What dogs?
Humm the police never checked
What a twisted mother she is.
Wow. Why? Something isn’t right.
The mom hid him because she started to develop feelings for him . She abused him sexually & refereed to him as her husband. They are investigating if she’s mentally I’ll. Such a sad story but definitely something happend. I heard this story on the radio today
I need Dr Grande on this
Imagine if anyone had looked for Rudy the way they looked for Gabby Petito.
People are nuts!
People are nuts (to believe this story is real)!
It’s a strange story but some of these comments are nuts, automatically assuming this or that. Obviously there’s more to the story than was shown on this clip, and more should be known after the police investigate it.
But one things for sure, it’s not a normal missing person case.
“Duuur I made a wild unfounded guess and it turned out to right this time I knew it”
I agree
Let’s talk about real news, like Crackhead Hunter and Joe’s 10 million dollar deal with a Chinese dude…..what was the 10 million for???? And how much you wanna bet that was Hunters coke at the Whitehouse…..
THE TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION
Why would she lie 😮
Was she receiving money from the public for his lost
The missing son alleges years of abuse by the mother.
Confusing!
Because the mental health issues in this country are left unchecked and worsening by the day.
CRAZY
Munchausen by proxy at its clearest. She needed the attention.
Crazy white people.
What would the reasoning behind this be?
I heard that he was the beneficiary to his brothers life insurance policy and if he was missing for more than 3 years the payout would default to the mother! If this is true it makes perfect sense!
@dallasphill you’d be more credible if you didn’t copy/paste that on every comment.
A case study on lying more to not expose previous lies, and sticking to them
I knew something was fishy about the story. I said to myself 🤔 I wouldn’t doubt it if he was home the whole entire time 😮
Something in this case just does not add up . A statement by the teen . Then the mother releases a statement her son is non verbal and not able to communicate ? Again two different statements .
This whole things feels REAL f’d up. Mental illness is written all over this situation. Who, I’m not sure but people need to start acting like adults and stop acting like everything’s “normal”. A 25 year old man doesn’t walk out of a building with a cover over his head. A mother doesn’t lie for a decade about her kid missing when he’s at home. This guy did something to somebody and they’re trying to protect him or they did something to him and he’s programed to protect them. I’m not a cop but If I was, I’d be getting to the bottom of this nonsense.
Mother should pay the community back, so many people waste tax dollars and OFTEN get away with it.
THAT MOM AND THE FAMILY ARE A CANCER FOR THESE LIES. THEY WAISTED THE POLICE AND PUBLIC TIME LOOKING FOR THIS SCREWBALL KID AND HIS CRAZY MOM WERE HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT THE WHOLE TIME.
This whole story is a fake 🤦 and Quanell X is not helping by turning it into a circus 😱 he should be ashamed of himself 😠
I agree.
Who searched for him. And parents need legal accountability for this suspicious behavior. Don’t expect foul play yeah ok
Send mama a bill for all the time put into this case!
Wow-fake news is everywhere!
It was on FoxNews as well! It is a complex case, too complex for some to actually comprehend…..like conspiracy theorists & stupid people!
Build the flipping wall. Complete and utter nonsense and a waste of resources.
Its the same reason as every other crime. MONEY.
FRAUD! A terrible misuse of service foe children REALLY MISSING!
This is a sick story she probably declared him dead and got insurance money 🤷♀️
Lock her up
Well…. that’s bizarre.
Blacking😂🎉
lol
FISHY>smells rotting.
How is this a story
😂
lol, it gets stupid ppl to watch it & leave comments questioning the very reasoning of making the story public!
Enemedia is desperately flailing for anything to spew, and mislead We the People with!
They can’t cover for brandons corrupt family’s Treason, the Plandemic, and the lost cause of ukraine (military industrial complex and political slushfund) much longer though!!
The information drip is becoming a Flood.
What we thought would be a miracle turns out to be just another phony BS tale.
The same thing happens with my keys.
Always in the last place you look.
lol
Bizarre
I’d think they need to see if the mother has munchausen by proxy syndrome or something like that. She wanted the attention and she got it. But something had to happen to make the young man come out and be “found” after 8 years. This should be interesting to watch and see what happens.
What attention was she getting?
@J Turtlepolice and community sympathy
IMO, it had to be someone in the family turning her in or letting police know that she’s willingly hiding her son. People like this isolate themselves(and others) and act like other people are trying to hurt them. If they have proof she lied about her identity they already know she’s lying about everything else
Part of the proxy syndrome symptoms is causing harm to a young child that results in the parent saving the childs life using whatever life saving skills necessary!
Told ya LOL
Migrants on the run from the drug cartel maybe? Idk
She probably had all kinds of Fund me accounts as well. Fraud & kidnap of your own child, child endangering. Just to name a few possible charges
Child endangerment only applies to minors.
Almost sounds like they wait for him to be declared dead then collect on some life insurance policy. Or maybe a gofundme thing
Thats a nut! Some mother😮
Can you charge a parent for kidnapping their own child in their own house? I’m not siding with the parent at all, just reacting to the police stating that they don’t think there will be any kidnapping charges.
He was 18, so he wasn’t in her custody. He was an adult
False imprisonment of a dependant adult, look up The Turpin case!
@Leps I stand corrected.
Did they find the dogs?
Dogs?
Charge the mother, send her to jail
This boy was sexually abusing his own mother for years. And hiding all along! He also killed his brother for life insurance money!
What in tarnation.
The mother is a literal monster. Look further into this.
This young man made statements that his mother has been drugging him and sexually molesting him. Why aren’t you guys reporting that?
Man this story is something you couldn’t even write for Hollywood.
Gone Baby Gone
How about instead of just charges for filing a false police report that they also charge her for obstruction of justice? For every time she got pulled over and gave them a false name and birthdate.
Im confused. This makes zero sense!
They were probably playing it for the attention. Were they running any Gofundme campaigns?
Something tells me that is true..did this woman work?
Some people are just crazy
Illegal immigration
Leave it to fake news nbc to Censor out half the real information in this story..
Did the kid go to school??
I’ve been wondering that
OF COURSE, more taxpayer funds being spent for 8 years on liars! How much can Americans keep bleeding?
This is the kind of people who make me not want to donate to go fund me accounts!!!! What did she do with the 💰 money???
Idk what to make of this one
That’s very odd.
Did they have a go fund me page to help find “”the kidnapped son?”
Gee, so in this day and age giving a fake name and birthday to cops still works. Who’d have thunk it. I’ll remember that next time I’m on the run from the cops.
Could and should be charged and BOTH put in prison! How many tax dollars were spent looking for him? and what was the little fat greaseball doing while he was on the DL- i guarantee it was nefarious at best! PRISON for TWO! 😡
I think Mom may have been a monster.
This is such a strange story. Something’s off here. None of the neighbors or family reported son was home all that time?
This mother emotionally and mentally manipulated her son to play as her husband. Making him work, sleep, and bathe her. Are they even trying to report this?
Don’t worry, they MIGHT charge the mother for misleading police!!
Don’t blame the son, whatever happened he was a minor at the time. I think he was the victim here.
And the cops or investigators never visited the home on eight years?? Or drove by? Neighbors, family, no one reported anything off?
Suspish much!?? Gross wow kept that up for 8 yrs!! Beyond disgusting
She should be atleast charged with misusuing police services, lying to police in an investigation…ugh i can go on,but yeah could be given false info…really!! 8 yrs theyvused the police for nothing!
This doesn’t really add up cause how you been at the home the whole time and nobody freaking notice anything!
I knew this story was sketchy.
Munchausen by proxy ?
These “detectives” are idiots…..
This a two way street everyone… remember but he was definitely groomed no doubt. Sad and disgusting
Mom a is a crazy. Looking for that self absorb attention
Somebody’s gotta pay
Nonverbal
what a waste of time ..there more missing kids out there
both are lying they are both part of some scheme
So the mom and son where both in on it I think they did it for money some type of scam or something like tht
Bring back the singapore cane
I’m curious on full info on this as so far this story has been all over the place
Something is up with this story.
Wannabe gangster gets what he deserves. W son W mom. It was self Defense