Teen discovers he's been a missing person for 13 years

An 18-year-old in Ohio finds out he was classified as a missing person from Alabama 13 years ago after he tried to apply for college. CNN's Jean Casarez reports.

[@capndeezy]

so did he get his reward money for finding himself

[@libbyredman2805]

Carli DeLoach 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jaz3y_]

Carli DeLoach u killed me

[@bryanmendoza2696]

Carli DeLoach haha😂

[@haydnrobidoux3914]

you mean the scholorship

[@selenemariscal5475]

Carli DeLoach HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@inquisitorlavellan6166]

Did he get the reward? HE found himself, after all

[@thesnakek3857]

Satan makes sense

[@ellainacase427]

Satan XD

[@naughtyhumphrey9350]

Satan you copied someone .-. With that

[@maxineraton2191]

Bry b You can never trust satan.

[@youwillnotfindmyaccountr.8090]

Satan stop copying

[@keepingupwithkennedy2663]

This shows the system was broken. He literally had to find himself.

[@johannah6906]

the system still is broken

[@keepingupwithkennedy2663]

@@johannah6906 I agree.

[@OutcastYBJ]

@@johannah6906 exactly if the he is filed as a missing person and he goes to school ever day with his real name and it shows him as a missing person one quick in n the database would probably show what school he went to would not take that long to find him what did they do just forget about him like he literally walks out every day in plain site and is not hiding his identity it makes no sense to mee

[@andrewthezeppo]

@@OutcastYBJ he was under a different name and social security number in a different state.

[@rosecah]

And they had to say that he was a good student. As if that means he’s doing well mentally and at home. Smh

[@robinellison6708]

His Mother missed out on all those years with him that could have been cherished instead of thinking he was probably dead. So sad.

[@justadutchman5169]

There is probably much more to this story. A child has two parents and it looks like the father did a pretty good job in raising him well.

[@aprilsummers6447]

I don't understand how it's possible for the father to kidnap the son. Were the parents not in contact during the kidnapping? It bugs me when these news stories have so many unanswered questions.

[@Mel333issa]

@@justadutchman5169 so he was raised well, does that make up for keeping him (and lying to both of them) about his mother, smh

[@sekinsocal]

@@justadutchman5169 yep... and the mom might be a major twat for all we know

[@SuperTonyony]

Divorce SUCKS for kids. Look up the statistics. Children of divorce have a higher rate of every single problem you can name. If Merkans are unable to have a stable relationship, then they should not have kids in the first damn place. Stop being selfish jerks, people!

[@Dralyn06]

So the kid literally found himself..

[@madelineirvin3519]

lol i guess so

[@yugg6460]

So whats reward he gets for finding himself LOL

[@SenoritaJ]

+BarrelsAndBuckles BarrelRacing his reward is that he can finally complete his college application hahahahaa

[@angeofdeth6552]

he was never missing. hes dad just took him without her moms consent. thats all.

[@angeofdeth6552]

+@ngel0fdeath his

[@SunBeeSmoked]

why'd they say he's 16? he would've had to be 18 if he was five when he went missing and was gone for 13 years. maybe they just slipped up.

[@sunsingh2830]

Chase Ace yea and I don't really know any 16 year old applying to colleges at that age

[@PiinkyDiamond]

Sunny Is King im 16 and im going to apply to colleges this year

[@danilee5494]

+Sunny Is King Neither do I, but there a few different factors for 16-year olds to fill out college applications and go to college early. I feel like part of it may depend on when there birthday is....but try to factor in if they had gone to pre-school or not. There are toddlers/kids who do go to preschool while others don't and sometimes some parents choose to enroll their children in kindergarten at a young age depending on if the child has all the necessary requirements to be enrolled in kindergarten. Most kids are usually enrolled in kindergarten by the time they're 5. But there are other kids who are enrolled in kindergarten at ages 3 and 4 years old. For the kids who are 5 in kindergarten and as some get older; there are those kids who are really smart who are capable of skipping a grade and advancing to a higher grade at a younger age. But the youngest that I know of at my college at least are 17 years old.

[@mt_29a]

it was probably a mistake the first woman said 18

[@SunBeeSmoked]

Aub Fan75 he was 18 when this was made. that's why the first lady said he was 18.

[@zoelayne5137]

i bet he had one hell of a college essay

[@Maui_Gyrl_]

Lol 😂😂 right

[@MagnificentMaj]

Julian: *goes back to school* His friends: "Hey Julian, what's up?" Julian: "I just found out I've been a missing person for 13 years and my father actually kidnapped me from my mom when I was 5." His friends: "..." Julian: "So... what about you guys?"

[@iglesianifuhuaw4228]

Hey that's my first name😂

[@reveredokay]

@@iglesianifuhuaw4228 oh?? Really???

[@iglesianifuhuaw4228]

@@reveredokay my real first name *

[@richardwagner9421]

@@iglesianifuhuaw4228 wow

[@Spyro117]

Iglesia ni Fu Hua (•w•) lol

[@fabulouslifeinchrist1349]

He deserves the reward money for finding himself. It can be tuition money.

[@bzourtamer3401]

Why did I get this in my recommend 5 years later.

[@Licw-Luxus]

@@bzourtamer3401 are you komona?

[@techwithsar3763]

Man I hit the 1000th like

[@TheCarolfarrell]

the whole video is like a plot of a book I read

[@rebeccadeets6604]

@@TheCarolfarrell wait what book is it

[@legendarysixsamurai-shien402]

Father arrested and charged for aggravated taking care of a child and getting him to college.

[@CaesarTheGreatGaming-Julius-]

at fucking 16 to...

[@Safa-vy8xy]

The Rex life 13 years +5 would've made him 18 but none the less that is his biological son how can that be kidnapping

[@CocoOPNY]

The Rex life did you forget about the poor mother in this? That would be a living hell. For thirteen years. Plus the kid couldn't see his mom either. For thirteen years.

[@EpicFableBean]

Thats not the point though

[@RunningPlanets]

The mother could've been a terrible person for all we know He raised his son with care and healthy. We don't know his reasons

[@mercuryangel9223]

It is such a shame that one parent was deprived of seeing this young man in his childhood. Good thing he is still young enough to get to know his mom.

[@OceanicNASA]

Like like he raised him good though.

[@chikastick7215]

Maybe there’s more to the story.

[@grandma3442]

Way back in the mid 50's my Dad was in Georgia in the Army when he met & married his first wife. They went back to West Virginia when he was finished. He became a Union Electrician & worked hard every day taking care of his wife & 2 kids. His mother tried to tell him that she didn't take good care of the kids because she was always at the bar drinking & cheating with countless men.... But he didn't believe her. He just thought that she didn't know how to be a proper mother & just needed time. One day he was laid off & went home early but no one was home. His mother had the kids again & he found her drunk at the bar letting some guy hang all over her. So he ended it & filed for divorce. She took the kids & ran back to Georgia & was in hiding. Her Uncle finally called my dad several years later & told him where they were & what was going on.... She was still neglecting the kids, was an alcoholic & shacking up with one guy after another. Well he went down there with his brother & checked out the situation. It was pretty bad indeed. So he got my oldest brother & sister I the car & hightailed it back up North with his children. He moved 30 miles across the state line from my grandparents and purchased a farm. He hired my Mom as a live-in Nanny & maid to take care of the kids & the home so he could go back to work as a Union Electrician. Well they ended up falling in love, getting married, and had 6 more children. The custody laws were different back then & his first wife didn't look very hard at all as no names were ever changed & he continued to attend family dinners at my grandparents house every Sunday. She never did give up drinking, she got remarried, and she had 4 more kids before she found them. By then they were 14 & 12 years old so the Judge talked to them both and let them decide where they wanted to live... Stay with our dad or go back to their alcoholic mother? Both chose to stay with our loving & adoring father and their new mother. Our parents were married for 50 years when we lost our dad a few years ago. My sister gave the most loving and heartbreaking eulogy for Dad.... She said that all those years ago, when he came to get them in Georgia, he was saving their lives. And because he loved them enough to do that, he had actually saved them from an unimaginable life with her to give them the wonderful life we all shared together.

[@davidu8688]

@@grandma3442 that's great you had a great father to look after you and is who you are today as well from his love and selflessness. In the past the fathers use to get custody and it seems the children were better for it no doubt as what stats truly show as well. Imagine a broken and bitter woman who keeps the children because of the social aspect and attention she receives as well the help she can get because she has children and imagine any random man who's children they're not while the pool she chooses from isn't that great of quality being an alcoholic or whatever she chose in her squander what she can get. It is scary because her maim objective is more than likely to "survive" rather than putting the children's best interests first. I can just see this with many women who use the children for whatever gain it gives them instead of truly loving and providing for them. There are some decent single mothers put there but my sentiment is most the time they can't be that great if she left the father of her children and if he was so bad then it was a bad choice on her part so it's basically the same scenario. If he died then obviously it's a different situation but I think too many women put their children in a really bad situation today because not too many random men will care about children that are not their's especially the decent ones and they do not want to be put through the hell the former man went through either. Sometimes it works but it's rare which doesn't seem too good with the divorce stats we have today with women initiating around or over 80% of them. Glad to hear you had a great father.

[@_.glitch._1604]

Imagine how insane this is for him. Like your dad, literally the only parent you've ever known, gets arrested for kidnapping you 18 years ago. I can't imagine what he must be going through. His life would never ever be the same

[@jasminkrieger8228]

His dad raised him well through but sadly a crime is crime

[@TerryReedMiss]

@@jasminkrieger8228 But it is not a crime. He wasn't reported as missing. His father had him, and there was no court order so he wasn't in violation. It's like this Gabby Pertito story going around now. No body found, and the one body that HAS been found, has not been ID'd as Gabby! Two days with the FBI and still not named? Hmmmm. Her BF not named as a suspect either. Too much social media, not enough people reading the facts.

[@jasminkrieger8228]

@@TerryReedMiss sadly the law things different

[@sandragruhle6288]

Hasn’t the Statute of Limitations run out? There was no homicide involved.

[@droosyg252]

@@jasminkrieger8228 his dad raised him in a world of betrayal and lies! He kept him from his mother and her family for almost the entirety of his childhood. He’ll likely have to deal with that psychological trauma for years to come. That does not equate to having raised him well.

[@anni2837]

They just proved that you do not need math in life

[@hellothere4485]

+datboii wat up haha

[@christytea1798]

5+13=❓lol

[@anni2837]

datboii wat up sarcasm ?

[@deepnutty6500]

cnn is fake news

[@juancarlossotelo2554]

deep nutty lol true

[@kait958]

so the Alabama police didn't think to check with his FATHER for 13 years to see if the boy was with him? like???

[@xDarkTrinityx]

Well, they probably couldn't find him seeing as he fled the state... Possible that he also changed his name.

[@Mostly-Nuts]

Kaitlyn Kennedy out of their jurisdiction. At that point it's federal because they fled the state.

[@SAJANOVA]

and his mother who pretend to be looking for him, just didn't bother to knock on his dad's door 13 years ago.

[@imwaytoshort]

BELLA He might have moved and the mother may not have known where he moved to. Also he had a different social security number so the dad obviously tried to hide his son and make him harder to find.

[@pattyt9791]

BELLA. Read the story again!

[@DawnDiana]

I read that the father was sentenced to 4 years in prison back in 2016. The son said in court that he loves his father and wants him still to be a part of his life. He also said that he does not want his father to go to jail.

[@VellaiRoja]

That poor guy just wanted to get into a good college & he finds out that his whole life was a lie...

[@karaerekaylakazauana3270]

Like what,😅😂

[@giomental]

Not really. His biological father raised him.

[@tanyacorbin1292]

Son goes missing and no one tracks down the Father??? smh ok

[@cummerchant542]

Tanya Corbin fake id

[@ethelindamorte921]

Ice swallow Come A private investigator would’ve found him if they had really searched

[@Myllkncookies]

The father is the abductor

[@ChristineALaMode]

Right?

[@megansampson5445]

They said he was charged for faking his identity too

[@Stormy_Cloud]

Wait a minute. This man kidnapped HIS OWN son, and raised him well. And now he is getting jail time for that? I know that he was taken from his mother, but please. There must have been some logical reason.

[@mokekr]

Yeah...its his son lol

[@clyanrthepro]

this is a bit ridiculous,HE STOLE..HIS OWN KID like no well the mother couldnt see him,but if the kid choses that he still dont want to then easy. as if there is no reason randomly taken i can see why the charges,but if she was alcoholic or smh i get why take the kid

[@katendlovu7535]

If that happened i would be devastated. This man must go to jail. He is cruel

[@kaylenecrane3610]

Kidnapped

[@armymydaycaratnctzenatinyaroha]

He used a fake id and hid him from the mom

[@elizabethcarson1948]

Did the police never investigate or look into the boys father? I’m confused on this case.

[@isa-ex6wb]

I think they did, but he got a fake ID for him, so they weren't able to find the father

[@sgilmour47]

Yes, the father had faked cancer and forged documents to the boys mother in the past and when she found out and tried to end things he threatened that if she breaks up with him he will take their kid. Looks like an abusive relationship, the father was manipulative.

[@ArchiLrec]

me too

[@jonspencer7004]

@@sgilmour47 or so goes the story...

[@duckmangooo7376]

They tried, got lost at the doughnut shop.

[@Chapter7Certified]

Imagine growing up happy with your father and then your life gets torn apart because of this

[@valeriebanks8877]

Do you know him personally? How do you know he was happy . He was robbed of a mother , he’s devastated

[@iamgorgeous]

@@valeriebanks8877 i read a comment that he said he love his father and doesnt want him to go to jail, so he must have a pretty good life with his dad. The devastated one is the mom i think, imagine thinking your child is dead more than a decade ago, and found out he's still alive. She gonna be grateful, but would also probably thinking why couldnt she be there during the time when his son growing up... complicated

[@XxXDrummachineXxX]

So he goes "missing" and they don't look at dad's house... lol.

[@mira4529]

Mike No maybe because the parents aren't married and the dad moved to a different state

[@ShanikuaJay]

Mike No 😂😂😂

[@seraphinaasmr]

Mike No Nope neeever even crossed their mind to investigate his biological father

[@noface____]

He fled the state and got a new identity. It was out of their jurisdiction already... in many cases, a person has to be missing for at least 24 hours to file a report (which is stupid, in my opinion) and that gives someone enough time to move out of state if they had everything planned already.

[@katherinestine719]

Didn't know where they were.

[@cudibjesus9640]

It’s like that one guy who turned himself in to the police to get the reward

[@beefyboffybethy]

You mean Shrek? Lol

[@randompersond6945]

Beefyboffybethy no the donkey lmao

[@evelynkinstein3123]

hahaha

[@pastelbonbond1987]

Ok but I love your pfp

[@ek3942]

Can you actually do that?

[@aadityabaduni]

_"You have to lose yourself to find yourself"_

[@theemagus9932]

Help

[@rubiannekara9281]

@@theemagus9932 what's wrong 😕

[@HelenKN]

🤣💀🤣💀🤣💀💀💀

[@IHateCopperGolems]

Julian: *has a wrong social security number* Julian: Somethings wrong, I can feel it

[@megan0209]

6 minutes 6 minutes

[@annaf3915]

I had a moment like this when applying for a new passport. The birth register databases had just been centralised and the clerk insisted there was noone born with my name on the birth date specified on my old passport. He exchanged a glance with his colleague who suggested I have a talk with my parents about this... I finally asked them to try my mother`s maiden name. I got my father`s surname when they married a few months later. My story is boring, thanks for reading though ;-)

[@crimsonstang]

Uh huh... Missing from age 5 for 13 years and he's a "young 16 year old applying to college."

[@Ldsmny]

PCMasterRace, um they said 18

[@crimsonstang]

McAdminKitten64 listen again

[@AnonYmous-fc5fv]

PCMasterRace Yes, but then they said he was sixteen. You listen.

[@crimsonstang]

Michael Stricklin lol CNN sheep doesn't want to admit he's wrong. Listen to the video kid, they messed up.

[@oogleschmoogle5414]

+PCMasterRace they said both. 16 and 18. You are both wrong

[@carmenortiz5294]

About 25 years ago a friend of my son was kicked out by his mother when he was 16. I told him he could stay with us, since he was a nice kid. One day he told me he thought his mother had kidnapped him when he was 8 from his dad who had custody. I decided to try to find his dad since he had no idea where he father was. It took me about 6 months to locate the father in Florida, we lived in Minnesota. His father was beyond happy to find out where his son was after so many years, he was still listed in the database of missing children. He sent him a plane ticket. The last time I heard from them, the kid, now an adult had joined the fire department where his dad worked and was a fireman also. That woman had made the poor kid's life miserable during the 8 years she had him.

[@amznasian]

fucking hell this is why ppl shouldnt decide who gets the kids based on gender alone (and this is coming from a women) lol... ive seen horrible men be horrible fathers but ive also witnessed women selling their own kids for money via sex... no one is perfect sooner we realize this the better...

[@Kimun888]

Carmen Ortiz bless you for helping that kid ❤

[@j.m4595]

God bless you, we need more people like you.

[@Didster2x]

Carmen Ortiz I live in Minnesota to

[@Ally-lo2go]

what makes me mad, is how is she going to kidnap him but not want him... like she is probably mental. I hope she is in jail

[@XBlackStarX7]

This sounds like a custody case not a missing persons, she didn’t even track down the father sounds fishy to me

[@johnbowman1076]

I think this is a non-story. Shifty parents screwed with the paperwork and did some name changing for whatever reason. He was still raised by a parent and seemingly raised well.

[@zhennaleigh1037]

@@johnbowman1076 but he was still kidnapped. you can be kidnapped and treated well its just less glorified since its not "an interesting story"

[@noneofyours16]

If he was in the national database for missing kids an investigation was clearly done.

[@MsMaryPatricia]

How could she track him down when he changed his name?

[@budomk9299]

@@johnbowman1076 being raised by a parent by being stolen from another is no way to raise a child. If a woman stole a child from his father, it would be a problem as well. It's not alright.

[@andreasklindt7144]

Most importantly: After he discovered his true identity, could he apply for college?

[@Sentientmatter8]

Man he'll have a really great admissions essay now.

[@David-ki8hq]

RUSSIA

[@ashlyn_m_101]

If he had gotten the reward money, college expenses went down by a few thousand dollars 😂

[@pungetello]

Probably after a bunch more paperwork -___-

[@tenerife_sea]

he got accepted as a professor of criminology.

[@julyj.ciletti6904]

1:24 The news lady says "a young 16 year old..." But at the beginning it said he was 18.

[@greatlyshook4678]

Im saying. I was looking to see if anyone else caught that.

[@secilyrogers8252]

counted on my finger like 16 and college 😂😂

[@krististevens54322]

Hmm,... seems they can't count but report the news???

[@goldenretrievers1008]

+Burrita Cat. YES JUST YES

[@snakeisekans]

Ikr

[@qlasalle]

"This... 16 year old." Hmm missing for 13 years... since the age of 5... "This... 16 year old.." Wow 16 year old applying for college. Maybe he was 18 idk. Idk if she stupid or if I'm stupid but someone stupid

[@___Artemis___]

Pretty sure she's the stupid one, given that 16-year-olds can't be applying for college and the lady, in the beginning, said he was 18.

[@miniorangecrewmate7154]

Are y’all stupid? It says 18 :)

[@miniorangecrewmate7154]

Your the stupid one

[@GuyFawkesuphistory54]

@@___Artemis___ 16yr old can apply for collage

[@GuyFawkesuphistory54]

@@___Artemis___ 18 is university

[@Akotski-ys9rr]

At least he had a good child hood and not abused

[@Snicklefritz10]

13 years! Turns out he was at his dads. No one could unravel that diabolical plot, except scooby doo.

[@shirleykeding9683]

And he would've gotten away with it too if it weren't for that meddling kid

[@victorsaltos5678]

+Aspenup and his stupid dog too!

[@spectre6207]

Pepe is your friend you are my best friend

[@deletedemail165]

Pepe is your friend lol

[@angelxgaming3010]

Pepe is your friend if your my friend what's my favorite color lol

[@shantragolyer3171]

Just proves authorities give up to easy.

[@BayviewFinch]

It sounds like the mother did too.

[@shantragolyer3171]

That's probably true as well. But if you can't get help it's hard I'm sure.

[@Zero-vz1cp]

Shantra Golyer Alex Voss, is that you??

[@shantragolyer3171]

Lmao your the second person to say that. Weird

[@barnabydodd8956]

What else should the authorities have done? When they have no leads, they have no leads. And this boy was found because the authorities set up a database like the one that flagged that he was a missing person.

[@emvee4592]

that college essay gon be real good

[@rianhassan3149]

Shout-out to that news host for looking up laws regarding the story. That's the first time I've heard of a reporter doing that.

[@awang557]

The judge should ask the boy whether he wants his father jailed.

[@katherinestine719]

The boy shouldn't be put in that position, especially when he won't understand the impact of his fathers crime on both himself and his mother for decades to come. Father committed a crime and belongs in prison.

[@KikiW89]

Nope Because thats still a Crime Smh

[@brooklyn.d2390]

He got took away from his mother.

[@katherinestine719]

@@brooklyn.d2390 his father stole him from her.

[@brooklyn.d2390]

@@katherinestine719 yeah.

[@asiavf]

these make me wonder if I'm missing but I look to much like my parents and I remember everything 😂😂😂😂😂

[@aurorasparks1985]

I look nothing like my parents lmao

[@HauteCarmen]

Aurora Sparks then you're probably a missing person

[@aurorasparks1985]

No, I just have more of my great great grandparents genetics. Believe me I'm not missing there's a video of me being born lmao.

[@Zen-sx5io]

Aurora Sparks How old are you?

[@dorianjp]

belieber 4 life I was just incarnated in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[@danamillsap8902]

Never know how he'd turn out without this path his dad took him on. Looks like he had a great childhood. A lot better than mine and most

[@darkwowplayer]

Wait a minute...Only the mother got to make a statement and no statement from the kid was given. Dude seemed to be raised well and happy so...methinks his father was trying to get him away from a shitty mother perhaps...If that's the case, it's a scary thought.

[@mcaskey358]

Probably because this is an upsetting time in his life. Also, gotta love your casual misogyny.

[@darkwowplayer]

@@mcaskey358 Yes, I obviously must hate women for having the ability to theorize that the mother must not be innocent 100% of the time amirite fellas?

[@austinallen6419]

@@mcaskey358 Women are awarded primary custody 90% of the time in cases where they are fighting for custody. The father probably knew he was most likely gonna lose his son to the shitty mother, so he took it into his own hands. A mother in another comment did the exact same thing, except the father was good and the mother took the kid to hurt the father, then kicked the kid out when she didn't want him anymore

[@austinallen6419]

@@mcaskey358 this is going off the thought that the mother could've been a bad mother btw

[@denki2558]

@@darkwowplayer here's a related vid kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4bEY6ydqtCMmJY. tldw; the son doesn't want his father to be jailed

[@lalakuma9]

Poor kid, his dad, who raised him really well, is behind bars for no reason.

[@tessamariah]

Erica Scribner A dad kidnapped his own son..? Makes total sense.

[@MajinBoujieee]

Tessa McArthur Ok, it's absolutely kidnapping if the dad either doesn't have custody of the child and takes them away, or they both have custody and he takes the child away.

[@tessamariah]

Aha

[@francescolline]

He was put to jail for identity theft not kidnapping...

[@lauragallaher4529]

+Erica Scribner you see so many court cases where the father gets zero custody despite them being fully capable of raising them well because of the society we live him. Yes he 'kidnapped' him but he probably deserved to have joint-custody. The father should face punishment but not time behind bars

[@chandlerangol6718]

That lady looks like that one snapchat filter.

[@studio_asn]

the small eyes and mouth #onpoint

[@itsnatzo]

Hahahahahaha yeah

[@annadaniel531]

yes!! lmao

[@sydneycollins]

Omg she does

[@trisamaulidya6820]

Chandler Angol the pineapple filter tho

[@insanecow24]

“There’s his mugshot...” Everyone watching: *Oh yea, he did it. Guilty as charged*

[@justadutchman5169]

There has to be more to this story because the boy was well raised by his father. Why do people think its all right to keep the son from his father? Looks like the father did a very good job in raising his son well.

[@insanecow24]

@@justadutchman5169 I wasn’t commenting on the outcome of the criminal and custodial lines of inquiry. Just that the father had a very unfortunate mug shot.

[@TerryReedMiss]

@@insanecow24 Why criminal? He apparently didn't violate a court order, so it wasn't kidnapping.

[@richardandretti2680]

The father did a great job by raising himself this young and smart kid, that is now in college. Kudos to the father...

[@budomk9299]

No. I want to know what the circumstances were that led to him having to steal his son away from the mother. But from what we know, not kudos to him. His own son exposed the story after finding out what he did.

[@richardandretti2680]

@@budomk9299 The father probably saw the mother was a bad influence on the kid, so what he did was great, for his son who is now in college...about the mother? Who cares!

[@Aliaahmedd]

Imagine if he didn't want to go to college

[@rudra62]

He could have joined the military, in which case it would have been noticed too. Or, applied for almost any government job. Or, applied for any job requiring a background check. Or, attempted to have gotten bonded for some purpose. Or, if he'd have been arrested. Heck, these days, he could well have ended up deported!

[@javiergaeta7775]

Ghj

[@elliotpritchett2920]

Pineapple Princess why would I imahin that?!

[@litasf9446]

13+5=16

[@sardeystallings0123]

21

[@Furrina89]

48

[@Flappybirdys]

Piece Of a Burger no, it's obviously 19

[@averagejoe6884]

18

[@courtneys.8777]

Guys. your all wrong it's *21*

[@calebchan9868]

The dad did a good job if he was going to college.

[@drea4195]

A lot of people make it to college despite having shitty parents.

[@kaleycooper9111]

Yes, if I was the mother, as distraught as I’d be, I’d be glad my son at the very least lived a good, happy life after thinking he’d been dead for 13 years. If I’d been any other kidnapper, the boy would’ve been long decomposing by now.

[@sherylpaul-stubbs2516]

People can be so lame. Mom AND Dad could have done the same or better. The bond between mother and child is irreplaceable, this boy was probably told that his mother was dead or something. Imagine the pain he had to overcome; now imagine it again as he realizes she was there all that time. Now imagine his mental state now trying to graduate and go to college.

[@user-yw5cb4zq9t]

So sad all around and the shock he must feel. I hope he continues to do well and move forward with love.

[@abbyward8017]

This kid's like: Just chillin. Doin well in school, hangin with some friends, trying to write a college application, and like: "WOOP. I'M A MISSING PERSON. DATS NICE. REAL NICE."

[@ronaldreagan6268]

it's all g ake news liars news network

[@Hybred]

AwkwardlyAbby you're not funny

[@abbyward8017]

King Ownage That's nice. Good story.

[@jcraig6431]

King Ownage 245+ people disagree with you.

[@abbyward8017]

JesseLS Craig I just checked the likes.. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

[@l.khrr.]

*A boy discovers he’s been missing for 13 years* You guys in the comments: ya but he so cute omg 😘😘😘

[@deadaccount4734]

Natasza Erica y’all are weird

[@jihaane.2967]

😂

[@hananabdullah3371]

pxmpckin i was just gonna comment that he’s cute😭😂😭😭😂

[@WesternSouthDakotaRailfan2006]

pxmpckin You Are Weird

[@Wa1kerSta1ker0]

@Radwa Ali No one has to be all that to be considered cute but go off.

[@kimberlyhollie]

This is so sad. The young man was raised to believe one thing, when something else was actually true. I don't have the back story, but it sounds like the father took very good care of him.

[@crackerdacker1]

this is so unfair for the mother

[@MagisterXII]

And the mother had no suspicions that he was with his father for 13 years? give me a break.

[@naymafia2444]

MagisterXII ikr

[@MundM777]

MagisterXII he changed his identity. They couldn't find him. Did you even watch the video? tf

[@minsunkang7264]

Missy Mena But either way the mom might have thought to guess that the dad had her son, even if his identity was different

[@lucyheartfilia9077]

wongc32 Obviously she knew it was the dad these things take time whether we like it or not. It’s like picking a fucking needle out of a hay stack. Not everyone is looking for him, probably just a small team and a bunch of wanted/ missing posters.

[@ksev1021]

Mother notifed police. The father falsified their identities in another state.

[@ellarie8205]

Literally a real life Finding Carter

[@loonytoons2728]

That's what I thought.

[@joa5641]

ikr

[@jennawagner4307]

omg sooo true

[@angel1123_]

Ellarie Thats such a good show

[@kleAndkre07]

Did they cancel that show?

[@stillwatersrundeep001]

It's not really a crime against the boy, but certainly a crime against the mother. She has rights too and they were violated.

[@CocoChanelle-1]

Well bless his heart. Happy for him and His mom who probably has been grieving him for years.

[@karansena]

who will for pay his college education if father is jailed

[@Komradvsky]

karan pkatarki mother ;-)

[@karansena]

Finnishbro YT how dad his jailed n I wonder how moms pay is. It's not logical

[@corneliusmcmuffin3256]

Finnishbro YT But the father is his real parent.

[@CariBaez]

karan pkatarki the mom 🤔🤔🤔

[@meranda3297]

Himself.. not everybodies parents pay their kids college education or aren't able to pay for it

[@2bRealist]

So he was safe, sound, in good health, and heading to college.... sounds like his dad did a good job. Whats the problem??

[@commonman80]

+2bRealist The Problem is His Family Lives in America, And His Father was a Father... We Can't have that now... Can we?

[@elainedavis9053]

+2bRealist His mother did not know that he was safe and probably worried about him for over a decade..

[@SusanOnTVShows]

+2bRealist So we should ignore the fact that he was kidnapped because the kidnapper did a good job raising him? Wow! You actually condone kidnapping.

[@commonman80]

Susan Stanko He WAS NOT KIDNAPPED... He was Safe and in Good hands WITH HIS FATHER!!!

[@SusanOnTVShows]

***** Yes, he was kidnapped. The fact that he was kidnapped by someone who cares about him doesn't change that fact.

[@nidipauli9981]

THIS BOY LOOKS HAPPY AND SECURE OF HIMSELF. the father did a good job.

[@RvRestoration]

Well at least he was raised good and with his real dad

[@maryumsyeda2971]

This is pretty irrelevant to the situation and I'll probably get shit for saying this but Damn he's cute

[@isagonzalez6704]

Maryum Syeda YES I KNOW

[@LaurenRauh]

Maryum Syeda true

[@rsmurthy1222]

Maryum Syeda

[@iKillJoyStudios]

Thanks

[@cinnarenaroll1292]

I mean his younger self yes

[@thatspoonybard8013]

New Disney movie plot.

[@lxkn0745]

MusicalFool 909 already happened. Called “Tangled”

[@funnyemojizaj9329]

TheBoyLance 💀💀

[@esther7976]

*Lifetime

[@arielshealy1888]

TheBoyLance 😂😂😂😂😂

[@welovemusic8542]

Sounds great 😂😂😂😂

[@blezc1498]

His father raised him well. That counts for something. (Got this recommendation after 5 years.)

[@zenxi3866]

same

[@gjeraldh2989]

Idk maybe the mother was abusive. I'll look into this story a bit more.

[@janievega150]

Happy for his reunion with his mother.❤🙏

[@ilovepickles3838]

This reminds me of the click bait article "Woman joins search part to find herself."

[@kalidali7023]

Jailan yeah what a coincidence i also read that article it was an icelandic woman😂😂

[@collinbrians3106]

oh yay i remember that it was so funny

[@Hamster_Joy]

TooLitToPolitic I thought that when I clicked on it and I was gonna look at it next

[@iwanttodeletemychannelplz7605]

TooLitToPolitic 666 likes!!!!

[@iwanttodeletemychannelplz7605]

TooLitToPolitic Illuminati confirmed

[@huskerhammer6325]

what about the mom? Maybe she was a drug addict or worse. Maybe the dad saved him and made him the decent kid he seems to be.

[@SusanOnTVShows]

+husker hammer Then he could have found other ways to get custody then by kidnapping.

[@ckent9218]

+Susan Stanko It sounded like there never was a custody order in place and they never were married. I wonder why though she wouldn't get a custody order put in place though. husker hammer may be right because she may have known with a record or drug use she wouldn't get custody in any court. I think what sucks is the kid got stuck between to parents who didn't get along but on the positive side he was raised a good kid and nobody can take that from him in the end.

[@SusanOnTVShows]

C Kent He maybe right, we just don't know.

[@margaretcabral535]

+husker hammer The Father did save him who was likely a year behind headed very badly being kept back in K. since he was 5 and the Father decided he had to do something she is probley a drug addict and had he not taken the kid the boy would have stayed with his disfuctional Mom likely a drug addict and he would have become one himself growing up thier. so he risked Prison to save his son from a very unfit Mom.

[@SusanOnTVShows]

Margaret Cabral Your ass isn't very smart.

[@tracyroweauthor]

poor kid. To not only discover he and his dad aren't who he thought they were, but his dad has now been arrested and he has to possibly go back to live with a family he doesn't know. That has to be traumatic.

[@vallove4life]

This is a disgrace of a man who takes a child away from his mother and family. Crazy! At least the family knows he is safe.

[@HerNameAJ2k]

Damn. He just wanted to go to college.

[@Katie-if4tg]

Makes you wonder why the father ran off with the child in the first place? Going as far as hiding the child's identity...if this would have been a woman the news would have been painting another picture. Weird. Very weird.

[@maxstreetracer1592]

Katie 34 yes exactly

[@passerau]

Yeah!!! You probably right I don't know why society today have no consideration or respect for fatherhood Or manhood. this is really tragic. Being a man it's like a plague today. You are not allow to talk back, defend yourself, or have your own opinion. You have to follow whatever your wife says or any lady. You Just need to be a sheep. This is really tragic for our society, It really pains me to see that we are marginalizing one fringe of a society. Everything a man does is bad that's the premise on almost everything, this is so sad. Just a reminder 90% of all the discovery that we have today in the world have been made by man we are not perfect far from it, but at least we are doing the best we can. Please stop criminalizing manhood we are not evil.

[@lolaelena4135]

Exactly my reaction, too. I'd like to hear the whole story.

[@alikat_2078]

passerau This is probably one of the most stupid comments I’ve ever seen in my life! 😂 Also if it weren’t for women, you would even be able to make this comment because a woman made WiFi. And ur number is not correct, but the only reason men have discovered more is because the men never gave women a chance. You can express ur feeling women don’t care if u do it’s the men who think they can’t so that’s YOUR problem lmao. Also, you don’t have to follow what any woman says if u don’t want to. And no woman has to follow what any man says. I think you are officially the stupidest person I have ever met.

[@dxlliekxx8319]

True considering the fact that a mother carries her baby for 9 full months and grows that connection with her child that the father could never have Bc the child wasn’t IN Them so yea ofc it would have been different

[@anisassquad7814]

He took finding himself to whole other level. Amazing

[@joylogue2013]

It's really sad ...such a horrible tragedy

[@thehorsesnamewasfriday8695]

Damn he cute tho

[@hannahsemrow8187]

OOF he was really really cute when he was tiny tho.

[@isyrafhanifsmki691]

Im ghei now

[@mr.saxkyapaxk]

OOF of course there is someone like you

[@ilarezantua997]

hes from alabama

[@desardmera1283]

Your profile pic is funny af

[@grantcooper5799]

16 year old... trying to get into college... 13 years after he was taken from his mother... as a 5 year old. Good job.

[@PikaPrideProductions]

they said he was eighteen

[@claired4253]

Look at the description 2015

[@thepersonwhohasnovideos6052]

Grant Cooper This video was made in 2015,,, obviously the kid was younger in 2015

[@myaj6762]

thepersonwhohasnovideos no he was 18, they made a mistake and Julian’s original post on reddit confirmed it www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/3mimwo/multiple_states_when_i_was_a_child_my_father/

[@thepersonwhohasnovideos6052]

+Mya J what lmao idk if you tagged me on accident but ya i know that thanks for putting the reddit link tho^^

[@jayh6227]

Did anyone ever ask what circumstances would drive a father to remove a child from his mother's care, the courts be damned? If you note how well the boy was cared for; drug use, abuse, mental issues and etc are all possibilities, js.

[@heatherthompson8878]

ITS STILL HARBOURING A CHILD AND ISOLATING ANOTHER PARENT!!!!! THAT IS A CRIME!!!! WTF

[@e13kid]

Could've been avoided if the custody laws weren't so ridiculous.

[@e13kid]

Me personally? No, I don't think I would. But I'm young and have no kids and as such I'm only guessing how I'd feel in a situation where the courts tell me I'm not allowed to see my own child. But not everyone is going to have the same reaction as me. Custody needs to be 50/50 in EVERY case unless a legitimate reason is provided as to why it should not be.

[@chyguy3776]

e13kid I don't see what your beef with custody laws are? And besides, 50/50 isn't always going to be the best solution for a multitude of reasons (travel time, parenting relationships, etc:) on top of that, I imagine that the child wouldn't be able to create a very meaningful relationship if he's switching back and forth with both parents for an equal amount of time.

[@e13kid]

Of course it isn't, but it should be the starting point. After that parents can devise their own time they find better, as long as BOTH parents agree to it. But you revealed your own bigotry against fathers in your comment. " I imagine that the child wouldn't be able to create a very meaningful relationship if he's switching back and forth with both parents for an equal amount of time." So you fully admit that you don't care that children all across America are not able to build a very meaningful relationship with their fathers right now, since right now they have even less than an equal amount of time with their children. So of course you don't see my beef with custody laws, you don't care about children having a good relationship with their father. And we're already seeing the results of multiple generations of children raised without fathers in the black community, is it everything you hoped for?

[@brittanygidley6081]

I wish my daughters father would see his daughter. He's a deadbeat piece of shit. Let him try to take my daughter I'd kill someone. Besides she's mine and he's got nothing on me. This is so sad though :/

[@mildgod5353]

+Brittany Gidley Do you demand child support from him?

[@americancheerqueen]

I'm guessing they just forgot to take him off the "missing persons" database

[@Starmadien2019]

Erica Lin the person stays on the list until they find them or find their remains. There are children who have been missing since the 60s and 70s who are still on the list

[@zalam5742]

Erica Lin No because that 5 yr old boy was never found. Little did they know his name was changed & moved. So even they saw him they didn't know it was that 5 yr old who was reported missing in so and so state

[@James-cs2dz]

Erica Lin i like your vids

[@Avenue522]

People missing people

[@madjaster9620]

Erica Lin *people

[@Allamuylejos]

I cannot imagine the anguish of the mother for all these years!!

[@kissyou427]

at least his dad raised him well

[@Rikuarf3]

The father did a good job of raising him... that should count for something... idk if I agree with the man going to jail

[@lucyheartfilia9077]

Axxel Rose Um he illegally kidnapped his own child, used a false ID, and hid him from his mother for years all while lying to him...yes parent of the year. And just because the kid has good grades and is going to college doesn’t mean the dad raised him well and even if he did raise him well that doesn’t give him the “get out of jail free card because the kid turned out okay”

[@chosokamosgf]

Just because you go to college doesn’t mean you’re a good.

[@simpatic14]

You dont have to be a rude with the dad just because you have a resentment at you own dad Lucy. Look what happened to you. You forgave too late that your own dad die without you knowing only to find out after 7 years.....................................

[@Kyo-uz1zi]

Genesis Coleman yes it does. It means you're able to work hard, maintain a job, take responsibility, own up for your own mistakes, and better yourself in all aspects. All those things make a good scholar, so yes, it does mean you turned out ok. And all those things you learn from a father.

[@PrettyH8Mach1n3]

Achiri Achoh or your mother, or your siblings, or your peers, or through your own sheer will.

[@komona2753]

Why did I get this in my recommend 5 years later.

[@jays.5978]

餅Komona same 🧐

[@mossshady847]

I was wondering the same thing. Not to mention... how it all turned out?

[@peepmam]

same

[@FAQ_SiLv]

That's how KZbin works They just recommend old videos from decades ago to now But it's still worth it...

[@jgrant4736]

Same

[@uf0j0e]

Gives a whole new meaning to taking time to find yourself.

[@KittyPieVibes]

I actually feel bad for him, if his dad actually was a nice guy and raised him well he’s probably sad to see him in jail

[@This_RuthIsOnFire]

Parental alienation is not what nice people do.

[@rob_nnz]

I don’t think nice people would kidnap kids. But kidnapping is a crime, it doesn’t matter if the dad was a nice guy, kidnapping is not nice and it’s a crime. He should’ve thought of the consequences first.

[@sgilmour47]

The dad faked cancer to the mother and when she said she wasn't happy in the relationship said if she ended it he would 'take the kid'. He sounds awful, I feel even worse for the boy. He may have been well fed and encouraged at school but what kind of morals did his father have?

[@TerryReedMiss]

@@sgilmour47 Where did you get this info?????

[@itsjare143]

Maybe the mother wasn't fit and the dad saw that so he took him away. Cuz obviously he turned out a great kid

[@nutella7436]

itsjare143 obviously just cause he's applying to college right. Applying to college doesn't automatically make you a great kid with a great life

[@zuzannanils]

+Nutella Dude u even watched the vid? They said was raised under good conditions and was a good student. Idk does that make him to a bad kid?

[@tylerradke2061]

And its perfectly believable that a court gave custody to a mother who shouldn't have custody over a father who should. It happens all the time.

[@Unseriousblkgirl]

y'all really defending this smh

[@FexyVRC]

The mother must be stupid to claim a missing person and not suspect the father. You can't kidnap your own kid. It's not like she had full custody anyway. The kid was better off with the father from the looks of it.

[@antoinettetiffith]

the lady in the beige suit jacket looks like Caitlyn Jenner

[@snk309]

Antoinette Tiffith lol kind of

[@omnitrix1992]

Steve Mano I am Cait

[@andyd6055]

Lashay Taylor seriously!!!!

[@antoinettetiffith]

Kmuzu dank What?!?!?!?!

[@latinasuprema1989]

Lashay Taylor they were just agreeing with you

[@tobyleigh2070]

But the kidnapper dad didn’t treat him bad right?

[@rackoflam]

Wow that is crazy!

[@Mark_W2000]

Wow. He never googled himself! I thought everybody does that. You'd think if he did that he would find something and ask. Just crazy stufg

[@MrAlisted619]

How would he Google himself he didn't know his real name...

[@SusanOnTVShows]

+Coolmonster2022 You only need to google yourself when applying for jobs.

[@hunterhays935]

+Coolmonster2022 Go wizards!

[@jamiewinter2727]

+MrAlisted619 True

[@leannemo7382]

+Coolmonster2022 His name had been changed/altered. Hence, it did not match his SS# for college.

[@kaitlinski493]

and to think, I was upset about my eyeliner this morning lol.... I can't imagine how it would feel to have a realization like that!

[@bluiwi]

Find TheGap fuck u

[@NiffirgkcaJ]

That's incredible, it's so bizarre that these kinds of things are possible.

[@amymoquin8636]

When I was in elementary school I was good friend with a boy named Gary. He lived a block away. One day, it hit the news that a missing boy had been found. When they showed it was Gary, it was shocking, even for me, a fourth grader. His father had kidnapped and brought him here to the Boston area. I never saw Gary again. I hope he's doing well. He was a nice kid .

[@whytho9728]

The main question is if he got a reward

[@julianhernandez7663]

I want my dad back

[@pillowpetgirlfriend]

can't tell if joke or real

[@ratchetgank9265]

Julian Hernandez I hope you find your dad :/

[@Hector-xf4of]

ratchet gank are u stupid? The dad in jail dum fuck

[@lawthedreamer]

If you're only just now commenting on this video, over a year since it was uploaded and all this went down... I'm gonna hazard a guess and say you're not the kid in the video.

[@joshblacksheep7348]

Aurora Boreala hmm i thnk its acually him u never now

[@amirul3233]

At least he still has that sweet smile even after 13 years..

[@andyminter7692]

Looks like dad did one hell of a job raising his son. Good luck dad.

[@afrenchyineire7135]

"we need to respect this kid privacy", but let's put his picture on TV for the whole world to see. American media...

[@iah6417]

No one outside america watch American news channels. So more like for the whole US to see. But now it's on the internet and everyone sees it.

[@melmelita6778]

Aron The Gamer i have american news on my tv, and i'm from Argentina.

[@MrDannyDetail]

It's an age-progressed photo from his most recent missing poster, created by using software to age a photo from around the time he was reported missing. Well either that or he happens to look exactly identical to the age-progressed photo. You can see the poster in this article about him www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3306307/Mother-searching-missing-son-13-years-snatched-father-overjoyed-make-contact-time.html

[@remy2094]

I like how people were saying that it wasn’t right that the father had to go to jail but like.... y’all don’t know the full story and details.

[@brisaquina8816]

Yet they do say that the father did a good job raising him. And he did have the freedom to go to school. He didn't seem like he got abused by his father either. He looked just fine on the photo.

[@remy2094]

Laura Aquina yes but do we know the reason as to *why* he was taken? We don’t know. The father really could be a nice genuine guy, but laws are laws. And while he could’ve gotten away without any jail time/charges, that is the judges last decision. Not ours.

[@remy2094]

Maralah Quin I... I’m so tired and I understand your point but tbh I just woke up and the only response I can think of rn is ‘okay boomer’ and I’m not sure how to feel about that

[@KikiW89]

Don't matter Still kidnapped

[@cullenbohannon1408]

Neither do you!

[@lynettedundon1410]

Well it's a good thing he was well raised, and had a good childhood.

[@peggischimmel9557]

😱 that's awful how's keep this young away from his mom for 13 yrs

[@dimizoe777]

How can he be 16 when he was missing for 13 years at age 5?

[@truedisbeliever81]

It was a slip of the tongue by the newscaster! That happens all the time! LISTEN when you're "watching" the news.

[@trixieagustina6163]

Patrick star they said he’s 18

[@BeccaDaily]

Good question!

[@anaiyam3597]

Patrick star hes not also use common sense. Most people actually about MOST PEOPLE go to collage AFTER they've graduated, and you graduate at 17/18 unless you skipped a ton of grades. You apply for collage after you finish high school.

[@avillarreal1399]

They said he was 18. Dumbass.