From the Dallas Morning News:

A Texas teenager who went missing eight years ago has been found alive.

Rudolph "Rudy" Farias IV was 17 years old when he went missing in Houston in March 2015, according to the Texas Center for the Missing.

Farias, now 25, was found alive, the center announced Saturday on Twitter.

"After 8 long years, Rudy has been located safe," the organization said. "Please continue to keep his family in your prayers as Rudy recovers in the hospital."

Farias was transported to the hospital after being found unresponsive outside a church with cuts and bruises on his body and blood in his hair, Farias' mom told ABC13 in Houston. She told the news station she believed he has been beaten and abused.

In March 2015, Farias was walking his dogs when he disappeared, according to news reports. His family reported him missing after the dogs were found, but he was not.

Harrison Bergeron said:

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From the Dallas Morning News:

A Texas teenager who went missing eight years ago has been found alive.

Rudolph "Rudy" Farias IV was 17 years old when he went missing in Houston in March 2015, according to the Texas Center for the Missing.

Farias, now 25, was found alive, the center announced Saturday on Twitter.

"After 8 long years, Rudy has been located safe," the organization said. "Please continue to keep his family in your prayers as Rudy recovers in the hospital."

Farias was transported to the hospital after being found unresponsive outside a church with cuts and bruises on his body and blood in his hair, Farias' mom told ABC13 in Houston. She told the news station she believed he has been beaten and abused.

In March 2015, Farias was walking his dogs when he disappeared, according to news reports. His family reported him missing after the dogs were found, but he was not.

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Sounds as though someone suffering from a psychotic break ended up homeless on the streets .

He was very lucky to have survived for so many years suffering from hunger, dehydration and exposure.

Thousands succumb to these conditions every year.

But very few care or even notice.

Least of all our politicians.

KaiBear said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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From the Dallas Morning News:

A Texas teenager who went missing eight years ago has been found alive.

Rudolph "Rudy" Farias IV was 17 years old when he went missing in Houston in March 2015, according to the Texas Center for the Missing.

Farias, now 25, was found alive, the center announced Saturday on Twitter.

"After 8 long years, Rudy has been located safe," the organization said. "Please continue to keep his family in your prayers as Rudy recovers in the hospital."

Farias was transported to the hospital after being found unresponsive outside a church with cuts and bruises on his body and blood in his hair, Farias' mom told ABC13 in Houston. She told the news station she believed he has been beaten and abused.

In March 2015, Farias was walking his dogs when he disappeared, according to news reports. His family reported him missing after the dogs were found, but he was not.

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Sounds as though someone suffering from a psychotic break ended up homeless on the streets .

He was very lucky to have survived for so many years suffering from hunger, dehydration and exposure.

Thousands succumb to these conditions every year.

But very few care or even notice.

Least of all our politicians.

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While everyone has a right to chose the life of a vagabond, a person on the street with with mental illness isn't really choosing that life on their own any more than they can legally write their own will.
It is hard to intervene. It is even harder to intervene well. Few politicians have the desire to tackle that problem and be stigmatized as someone opening the cuckoo's nest again.

EatMoreSalmon said:

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KaiBear said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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From the Dallas Morning News:

A Texas teenager who went missing eight years ago has been found alive.

Rudolph "Rudy" Farias IV was 17 years old when he went missing in Houston in March 2015, according to the Texas Center for the Missing.

Farias, now 25, was found alive, the center announced Saturday on Twitter.

"After 8 long years, Rudy has been located safe," the organization said. "Please continue to keep his family in your prayers as Rudy recovers in the hospital."

Farias was transported to the hospital after being found unresponsive outside a church with cuts and bruises on his body and blood in his hair, Farias' mom told ABC13 in Houston. She told the news station she believed he has been beaten and abused.

In March 2015, Farias was walking his dogs when he disappeared, according to news reports. His family reported him missing after the dogs were found, but he was not.

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Sounds as though someone suffering from a psychotic break ended up homeless on the streets .

He was very lucky to have survived for so many years suffering from hunger, dehydration and exposure.

Thousands succumb to these conditions every year.

But very few care or even notice.

Least of all our politicians.

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It is hard to intervene. It is even harder to intervene well. Few politicians have the desire to tackle that problem and be stigmatized as someone opening the cuckoo's nest again.

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True, Patients Rights laws make it very difficult to intervene.

Either the mentally ill patient has to somehow make a rational decision to accept treatment ( if he can somehowe find it ) or his family has to raise a stink ( countless times ) with the police.

Yes the general public only cares when there is a mass shooting. And the media wrongly focuses on gun control. Because most of the time the police were at least dimly aware of the ill individual prior to the killings.

But Patient Rights laws tie their hands.

KaiBear said:

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EatMoreSalmon said:

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KaiBear said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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From the Dallas Morning News:

A Texas teenager who went missing eight years ago has been found alive.

Rudolph "Rudy" Farias IV was 17 years old when he went missing in Houston in March 2015, according to the Texas Center for the Missing.

Farias, now 25, was found alive, the center announced Saturday on Twitter.

"After 8 long years, Rudy has been located safe," the organization said. "Please continue to keep his family in your prayers as Rudy recovers in the hospital."

Farias was transported to the hospital after being found unresponsive outside a church with cuts and bruises on his body and blood in his hair, Farias' mom told ABC13 in Houston. She told the news station she believed he has been beaten and abused.

In March 2015, Farias was walking his dogs when he disappeared, according to news reports. His family reported him missing after the dogs were found, but he was not.

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Sounds as though someone suffering from a psychotic break ended up homeless on the streets .

He was very lucky to have survived for so many years suffering from hunger, dehydration and exposure.

Thousands succumb to these conditions every year.

But very few care or even notice.

Least of all our politicians.

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It is hard to intervene. It is even harder to intervene well. Few politicians have the desire to tackle that problem and be stigmatized as someone opening the cuckoo's nest again.

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True, Patients Rights laws make it very difficult to intervene.

Either the mentally ill patient has to somehow make a rational decision to accept treatment ( if he can somehowe find it ) or his family has to raise a stink ( countless times ) with the police.

Yes the general public only cares when there is a mass shooting. And the media wrongly focuses on gun control. Because most of the time the police were at least dimly aware of the ill individual prior to the killings.

But Patient Rights laws tie their hands.

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Agreed. We need to find some middle ground between individual liberty and recognize that some people lack the mental competence to exercise individual liberty. It is much more compassionate to forcibly intervene and get people help than let them kill themselves slowly on the streets.

Well this story took an even stranger turn.

Neighbors say he has been living with his mom the whole time.


https://abc13.com/rudolph-rudy-farias-found-man-missing-for-eight-years-alive-where-was-rudy/13461241/

BearN said:

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Well this story took an even stranger turn.

Neighbors say he has been living with his mom the whole time.


https://abc13.com/rudolph-rudy-farias-found-man-missing-for-eight-years-alive-where-was-rudy/13461241/

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Seriously ... what's the end game of faking a disappearance ... fame?

Harrison Bergeron said:

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BearN said:

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Well this story took an even stranger turn.

Neighbors say he has been living with his mom the whole time.


https://abc13.com/rudolph-rudy-farias-found-man-missing-for-eight-years-alive-where-was-rudy/13461241/

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Seriously ... what's the end game of faking a disappearance ... fame?

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Possiblibly both Mother and son have mental isues.

"God is great. Beer is good. People are crazy!"

Harrison Bergeron said:

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BearN said:

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Well this story took an even stranger turn.

Neighbors say he has been living with his mom the whole time.


https://abc13.com/rudolph-rudy-farias-found-man-missing-for-eight-years-alive-where-was-rudy/13461241/

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Seriously ... what's the end game of faking a disappearance ... fame?

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I think the most likely answer is what KaiBear said, both mother and son likely have some serious mental issues.

The news story showed billboards with missing information on it. Someone had to pony up for that. Perhaps there was a go fund me, so someone had to coordinate that - if it was the mom, then maybe to defraud people? if it was a friend or family member, you'd think they might notice the son was still around. I wonder how deep the detectives will look in to this. He may or may not have been missing for 8 years, but something bad happened for him to be found unconscious with cuts and bruises and non-verbal. Sure hope all involved get the help they need.

BearN said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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BearN said:

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Well this story took an even stranger turn.

Neighbors say he has been living with his mom the whole time.


https://abc13.com/rudolph-rudy-farias-found-man-missing-for-eight-years-alive-where-was-rudy/13461241/

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Seriously ... what's the end game of faking a disappearance ... fame?

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He may or may not have been missing for 8 years, but something bad happened for him to be found unconscious with cuts and bruises and non-verbal. Sure hope all involved get the help they need.

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Odds are against it .

Otherwise the US wouldn't have almost a million people living on the streets.

He wasn't missing after all

https://www.kwtx.com/app/2023/07/06/watch-live-houston-police-give-update-teen-who-family-says-was-missing-8-years/

BearN said:

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Well this story took an even stranger turn.

Neighbors say he has been living with his mom the whole time.


https://abc13.com/rudolph-rudy-farias-found-man-missing-for-eight-years-alive-where-was-rudy/13461241/

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Sounds pretty dark...

"Houston police promised an update on the case later Thursday."
Really? Anyone else not holding their breath? This woman abused her son mentally, physically, emotionally, sexually. Silence from the PD. #RudyFarias#ArrestHer https://t.co/V2PGSMAHJ8

— ☠️🎼Såmånthå🎼☠️ (@PromptCritical3) July 6, 2023

Omfg — this b**** is a psycho 😳 pic.twitter.com/jhD8QV5O2u

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) July 5, 2023

this is heartbreaking

Actually, the kid apparently came back the next day:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/neighbors-missing-houston-man-stunned-confused-apparent-hoax-rcna92950