Missing Boy Found as Grown, Married Man: Richard Landers Found at Age 24

Investigators track down once missing 5-year-old boy following custody battle.

[@cindykq8086]

When you choose drugs over your kids, you deserve to lose them. Yes, I'm speaking to you, family members.

[@debbiehogg8060]

Yep

[@liberatedhippything]

Exactly. What I truly hope for is that the parents will admit their shortcomings and acknowledge that they messed up and forgive themselves instead. They seem to be doing okay....? Now. But yeah, ya don't need to be near kids using drugs. Let the grands have the kid.

[@berserkagain7976]

Same man, hope the best to you.

[@avalondreaming1433]

Well, the grandparents should have gone through the courts and gotten custody. That's what my aunt and uncle did. You can't just run off.

[@thatdude3977]

@@avalondreaming1433 fuxk the legal system. Lmfao you crazy. The system is broken

[@rastaewabeach]

Dad looked cracked out while mom was living in a car. Grand parents did a good job.

[@cupcakekillah5887]

Yeah, they did i great job raising a meth addict son lol

[@kevinnguyen8631]

@@cupcakekillah5887 Son was already lost. Probably disregarded the parents and did meth with his friends. Got with a gangster girl who probably dropped out of highschool.

[@cupcakekillah5887]

@@kevinnguyen8631 lol. Yeah, u might be right. Its just funny how everybody in the comments are praising the grandparents when their son is a fuck up ya know? I agree with you tho

[@ohwhatelse]

James Pre ... Dad probably planned the abduction WITH HIS PARENTS! 20 YRS & he didn't know where they lived? Ya, sure! They disappeared when his son did!

[@sheilamccullough2616]

Yeah they did

[@johantitulaer1052]

My gf was psychologically abused by her own mother. When her grandmother was alive, her grandmother would care for her the way she deserved it. It really pains me to see how horrible parents can be when you have great parents yourself. It's really a reality bomb.

[@prettyoriginalnameprettyor7506]

The grandparents are legends. They’re responsible for saving his life

[@stephendix5919]

Abducted from meth heads? Sounds like he was saved.

[@noone-cb3jm]

Ikr 😏

[@Talletc]

The law is incredibly twisted that this is wrong

[@mangot589]

That’s how it usually is, something like this. You raise your kids, you’re done, but you just can’t stand by and watch this. They gave it up as soon as he was an adult.

[@Mii4210]

When did they say they were meth addicts?

[@mask7571]

@@Mii4210 look at the dads teeth

[@eddyx8218]

You can't even be remotely mad at the grandparents. Look how the kid turned out to be. He was well raised, and had the childhood he deserved. Simple as that.

[@billybobkumar9231]

The son may not agree with you. How can the grandparents have "done the right thing" when they didn't try to gain legal custody of their grandson? Dude has to reason that the people who raised him lied to him his entire life.

[@bokesnmokes]

@@billybobkumar9231 as soon as he saw his parents he got home as fast as he could and thanked his grandparents for saving him!

[@missJolie85]

So the grandparents did not raise the parent? Look how that turned out (according to you). I dont know enough about the parents to make any kind of judgement here, what I do know it's illegal and very selfish to kidnap a child, let alone your own childs child. If my adult child was struggling that would be my first concern.

[@GaelinW]

Yeah, you can. Decades not knowing where your kid is. Whether he's dead or alive, must have been hell. Great that he was not taken by some psychopath and abused on murdered, but that is no excuse for what they did. If they were decent people and they thought there was a issue with his parents, they would have worked to get him legally. Not just snatch him.

[@stacyeandrew2]

You think making parents live in fear is worth it? Why not help her get on her feet? No this is pure evil

[@mikegarcia597]

I was raised by my grandpa who took me away from the drama of my parents and although I lost him, I’d honestly wouldn’t have it any other way. ❤️ grandparents are blessings.

[@brettcantrell8650]

very very true. I loved my grandparents too and I loved my parents too. So blessed to have good family!

[@georgina-a]

I'm sorry for your loss 💕 I'm sure he would be very proud to know he was a positive influence on you.

[@Propercornishmaid]

This is the most amazing and best result for a family that never knew what happened. Glad he's OK.

[@cheifcreekturtle]

This definitely isn’t worse case scenario, it’s best case, at least the people who raised him loved him and took care of him and did what they did outnof some sense of being protective.

[@TonySolis99]

You’re forgetting the part that they abducted him without his parents consent

[@VLOGGSWITHLILLIE]

@@TonySolis99 his parents were drug addicts and at this point the child protective care systems fail so much and so much slips through the cracks so this was probably the safest decision

[@redtortoise]

Definitely not best case what the hell are you talkin about

[@abigailharaito599]

@@redtortoise would u rather live with ur drug addict divorced parents or with ur caring and loving grandparents?

[@mannygonzalez2868]

Ur trying to justify abduction wtf is wrong with 7 nothing is better for a child than their own parents

[@shelby6571]

So the grandparents and the child went missing at the same time and nobody thought that there was a connection?? So much for investigating the obvious!!!

[@SuperMichgirl]

Murica

[@johndoe-nv6lp]

@@inspector5122 Murica

[@shock285]

@@inspector5122 Murica

[@chato6853]

Inspector512 Murica

[@rejuno1991]

They did know that lol thats why they got charges but because of so much time they got dropped

[@melamusicworld]

Our grandparents are angels from earth, I don’t know how I would’ve survived without mine. God bless them

[@joyvanveenendaal5752]

I sincerely thank those grandparent's for saving that boy from what would certainly have been a traumatic and miserable childhood and probably also adulthood They are heroes

[@halloweensrevenge87]

His whole childhood he was probably like, man my parents are old.

[@mrs.schmenkman]

Haunt Coaster No, he remembers his parents. Ever wonder why he didn't go looking for them?

[@meganhutchinson7747]

Deb Carsey the comment is saying that if the grandparents pretended to be his actual parents then they would have been a lot older than his biological parents

[@mangot589]

Naw. There’s LOTS of older parents. People have kids later nowadays. And you don’t tend to notice when you’re a kid, anyway, unless they were totally white haired and on canes.

[@videodeposu8741]

@wendy kelly did you ever get to see your grandpa

[@vishnutheetharappan7074]

They probably told him his parents died in a car crash or something

[@badblood2016]

The grandparents had abducted their grandson since twenty years, and changed their address and names, and the parents didn't suspect anything FISHY going on ?

[@adnerbx8217]

i agree. That is strange.

[@juliyapuchkova4871]

I'm going to guess that the parents were too busy fighting at first to notice their son is missing, but by that time, it was too late. The grandparents and the kid was gone.

[@jaylahenderson428]

Actually around 19 years but who cares who's counting

[@SVETOGOR1]

Parents didn't give a big F.... about their kid!

[@KristinaGlackin]

It said that the grandparents were charged with interference of custody in 1999 but because they changed their names and moved, they werent found.

[@cherrymetha3185]

Richard’s grandparents risked everything and sacrificed their whole lives , to give Richard a good life and a stable and loving home . They really are heroes! 💚

[@OFFICIALNADESHMENGWI]

Missing child found as grown. THAT IS A MIRACLE

[@maximeleroy2693]

they gave him a better life than his mother could’ve ever given him.. i’m sorry

[@violetsparkles5453]

It’s true, anyone who disagrees with the grandparents are dumb

[@rymtotheprime11]

Yuh but imagine being the parents thinking your child died or got kidnapped for all those years

[@peanutsarecheap1997]

No no it's ok ... We're all thinking the same thing .

[@w.urlitzer1869]

don't be sorry, be happy for the kid.

[@BasedRanger]

That's going on very little information and a lot of assumptions. It's entirely possible that his father was abusive towards his mother but she was financially dependent on him, and thus ended up living out of her car when she left. It's a situation that's sadly all too common. Doesn't mean she was a bad parent, and it certainly doesn't mean that she deserved to have her child taken from her in such a horrifying manner.

[@Joeyblondewolf2]

I'm glad my grandma raised me! My mom was running around with different men all the time, and my dad raised my step sister who now has 2 kids with 2 different guys, right after Highschool. Grandparents know what's up!

[@goalie2998]

You probably lucked out. Sorry your actual parents couldnt grow up enough to take care of you and your sister. That's a shame on them.

[@salmontanio212]

Not those grandparents!! They are a disgrace!!!!!

[@cmack7281]

Joey: Was your mom trucker friendly? 😁

[@fishahollic7735]

You turned out great what clown Academy are you attending?🤣

[@icturner23]

More importantly, can your stepsister, unlike you, at least write basic English after her upbringing?

[@hardcaselj111]

This is so sad, no one deserves to live in Minnesota

[@RayMak]

Hope he will have a wonderful life

[@Manu-xj4xy]

You're everywhere

[@spimbles]

im glad this one only had 8 likes. you try way too hard, man. wayyy too hard. get a job, or something, seriously. nobodys forcing you to promote your fuckin piano videos, yo. make money through legitimate means, cuz this is pathetic and embarrassing, the gymnastics you do just to spam every algorithm video with a single sentence comment that means ultimately nothing. grow up, dude. youre like, 30. grow up lol

[@Sir_Diarrhoea]

@@spimbles bro he is just commenting chill just because u are verified doesn’t mean u can’t comment

[@MisplacedTexan]

My guess is that the grandparents saved him from troubled, drug-addicted, unstable parents. I’m sure they love him very much and did a great job of raising him, much better than a mother living in a car and a father with addiction issues. Good for them for being so brave.

[@singingstars5006]

The article I read said she is developmentally disabled. So she's low IQ. Since her first husband appears to have had drug issues, she may have difficulty spotting decent men. So yeah, this wasn't going to go well for the boy.

[@typicalgamer5036]

@@singingstars5006 at the very least he's actually alive and well which is more than we can say for most people sadly

[@lb8141]

I raised my niece from birth, I was only 18 years old. Her mother (it pains me to call her that), my sister is a horrible, irresponsible person who goes from man to man and is a drug addict. She took her away from me when she was 10 years old and put her through hell. The grandparents did what they had to do to save their precious grandchild.

[@nordiknight9042]

Is your niece okay now?

[@tentedkarma7465]

@@nordiknight9042 who knows..... sadly probably not

[@teofilamadrigal2931]

Well I dont remember that description on the parents.

[@aerodyte6908]

See when a child grows up in shitty conditions like that either they get used to it or they eventually break away and don’t want anything to do with it anymore it’s kinda like being spewed propaganda in a way you either get desensitized to it and it becomes a part of who you are or you manage to block it out and ignore it because you really see how it is

[@lb8141]

@@nordiknight9042 She is ok now. She is in a loving relationship, she is far away from her mother and is in nursing school. I am very proud of her.

[@tryingasigo.6854]

This is so sweet! Those grandparents did the best that they could for him!

[@user-bv8nc2xi6v]

Oh my god… this is unbelievable! Such a crazy story. I’m glad he’s okay!

[@HodorDoor]

The father never tried to get in contact with his parents in all that time? What kind of family is that? I don't understand how the father's parents could have "abducted" the boy and gotten away with it for so long.

[@TheInternetBully94]

Hey some families are like that. I haven't said a word to my father in almost 8 years and he is currently sitting in the center of the living room watching tv while I'm using the computer.

[@littleangelshere]

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[@GamerPotatoGuy]

Didn't they say the maternal grandparents? After a divorce sometimes they will lose contact, I mean there's no reason for them to talk anyway.

[@lepen4652]

it's odd, so its the dads parents! and they did that to their own child, could understand if both parents were drug addicts etc but to do that to your own blood.

[@MissJessyeNorman]

+MaleManXXX He was on meth--I think he was a tad preoccupied.

[@stephenbrown571]

Sounds like the grandparents did the right thing. Just went about it the wrong way.

[@brandeeddcom]

I don't think they had any other way to be honest.

[@christophermoltisanti9629]

@@brandeeddcom true

[@leslieaponte4191]

I think that they did it the only way they could, I am pretty sure who would of done it the wrong way was going to be the court system leaving this child with one of the unfit parents at the time. Glad gram and pop were there for him :)

[@mousepumpkin7564]

The grandparents did fight for custody in legal terms but the court system would usually either give the child back to the unstable parents or send them into the system under foster care.

[@QuietlyCurious]

Wrong and unlawful are two different things.

[@poem]

thank god for those loving and considerate grandparents, they saved his life. need more such smart grandparents who could save more lives. some parents, just do not deserve to have kids, ever.

[@devinagrace1999]

Im glad that he's ok, good for those loving grandparents too. There are cases where a parent has to take a child for safety reasons, and gets in serious for it trouble for it.

[@angel-nv7jk]

I side with the grandparents. They did it out of love and were willing to throw their lives away so that the kid could grow up loved and normal.

[@adrianaboga8361]

Exactly

[@lornocford6482]

I don't know how the grandparents threw their lives away.

[@ahill4642]

Lorn Ocford - I thought that too at first, and then realized they gave up their old life/identities/names etc. Probably walked away from other family and friends and jobs, etc.

[@lornocford6482]

@@ahill4642 oh I see, yes, in that case, they made sacrifices. I wouldn't call that throwing their lives away though. Language is a funny thing. Plus, the information wasn't given about what the grandparents gave up to, as it appears, rescue their grandson. I wonder what sort of parents they were for their child to end up the way they did.

[@yevettebamber4273]

Threw their lives away? Please stop it!! What they did was def an Act of love n they saved his life by running off with him. BUT they did not throw lives away. Having young ones around you is the greatest gift ever!! When we get older our kids move out n start their own lives, and we find ourselves in a quiet empty home that was filled with love, laughter, activity, and we dream of having those days back. Having children around at ANY age enhances your life. My 80plus grandma wanted to have her hospital bed set up in our living room because she loved the excitement of a house full of crazy teenagers, deputies chasing them thru the house (for silly stuff, and it always ended with even the deputies laughing n having fun). That's life in a small town/island. Grandma didn't want to miss A thing!

[@-MaryPoppins-]

In an interview for cbs news the young man’s father told him he can not afford a ticket to fly and see him and doesn’t know his number but tells him he loves him. That should be enough to tell you exactly why that boy was saved.

[@dawnegan3984]

Well than a bus or the son should meet him else where you just don't know he might need a place to stay for free if he is still on drugs you will end up with nothing 🐦

[@-MaryPoppins-]

@@dawnegan3984 oh I absolutely don’t believe that the father is THAT committed to forming a relationship/healthy bond with his child. What you said is EXACTLY why it sounds like he’d ever be willing to see his son.

[@hannass4797]

@@dawnegan3984 A caring father would be desperate to find his phone number so that he could contact his son, this father didn't.

[@beautiful10381]

SMHHHH I’m not even going to say anything else because we know this alone speaks a THOUSAND WORDS

[@-MaryPoppins-]

@@beautiful10381 I would straight sell a kidney to see my child if they had been “kidnapped” and missing for so long. He could even attempt to start a go fund me to get that $100 for a bus ticket 🥴 it’s clear he’s forgotten what “love” actually means. Especially loving a child.

[@zelphadecker4953]

Awesome story. Glad he is found and hopefully reunited with family

[@RoackerRomanMandru]

I was also raised by one of my grandmas, and I can tell you hands down it was the best childhood I could have had. Moat of my family died when I was a kid or teenager and living with my grandma whom was a very kind and intelligent person that loved me dearly and truly helped me in life...well...I remember it like she was my mother, which she was from most points of view. This kid was lucky, nothing against his parents but....

[@ZergforLoser]

Perhaps the investigators knew that leaving him with their grandparents was far better option for the child.

[@elfryeorin]

Oh gosh, Ikr? I thought I was the only one who's thinking like that. There's no way that no one in the authority who received the report of him missing didn't eventually found out where he was back in those years. Because if anything happened to someone, the family members would be the ones being interrogated first, followed by friends, colleagues and acquaintances. Some investigator must've knows what happened back then, and decided to burn the files instead. Or I might've watched too many action crime movies...

[@rae-annhendershot508]

“Gone Baby Gone”

[@boitumelolekgeu9363]

I was looking for this comment. Boy gets lost, grandparents move away and no one thought to look into this coincidence? Their son never even visited them for 20 years? Wth

[@theresalovespink]

Tbh I think the grandparents did the right thing... Not exactly like that.. But at least he was raised in a stable environment and he is alive and healthy... Maybe his parents couldn't have given him that.. It all sorta worked out in my opinion...

[@kimallen4555]

***** I lived that life no one took me out of it. Now what if it wasn't like that we don't know if mom lost her job cause daddy blew his money or if there was abuse maybe mom loved her child dearly and tried and the grandparents could have responded and defended this child instead they take him, change his name and then can't give a reason why...well maybe they are not so innocent? I know if a child is abused there's ways to prove it but I have a feeling things in this situation are not all they appear, and just because we do not know why they took him does not mean they were in the right or that because ppl who don't go off being all judgmental based on limited facts don't make us have fingers pointed at us wtf? It makes us unbiased upon the reasoning that the grandparents are acting guilty of something because they won't defend their actions meaning they can't.

[@bobgrubbs8566]

theresalovespink good job by the grand parents

[@awl1116]

They should have gotten custody legally not by kidnapping

[@ABirdOnTheMoon]

Awl 111 I don’t blame some families. Look at the recent news about the dead girl her dad kill over a custody battle. The justice department especially the family court laws need to change! Judges are useless!

[@awl1116]

@@ABirdOnTheMoon I agreed the judge that handel my case gave me back to a no good mother who lost us again a week later because she went put partying while we were left at home alone

[@ivangonzalez-otero429]

I like to believe that missing people are out there somewhere living their lives in peace.

[@Durrpadil]

"We simply can't explain it. He was only 5 years old and was missing for 3 years. Now he's a grown man, 24 years of age and married."

[@Metroidkid97]

Those grandparents are the best. Saw a fucked up family and saved that kid.

[@NextToToddliness]

If you're willing to go through all that to save that little boy's life, then we should all by praising these grandparents. You see a lot of horrible things while doing social work. I can say with near-certainty that the life he would've endured would've been beyond difficult. Not to mention becoming a pawn in his parent's separation his whole life. Unhealthy people do unhealthy things, whether they intend to or not.

[@EstrellaFugazLux0609]

That’s why unhealthy people should never have kids. And also they should go to therapy. Sad, we live in a world where anyone can have a kid. And most people are not prepared. The kid ends up suffering and their lives get ruined. I have a 1 year old, gosh, she is so smart. I bet all 1 year olds have this amazing potential of being awesome. Humans are naturally smart. But, all that potential gets wasted when they have bad parents. Also, people forget, “good” people can be bad parents as well. And that to be a good parent you don’t have to be perfect. If only people who deserved kids would have kids this world would be completely fixed and so quickly. Sad but true :( I always wanted to do social work but I just couldn’t even imagine having to witness this type of stuff, makes me so mad. People who are not good parents. And thankfully that kid had someone willing to do all of that for his safety. I would do it too.

[@isaiahisom1100]

You do have a point I'm not one for kidnapping but if it's to help your relative to see the life then so be it

[@boundariessetinstone5893]

But didn’t they raise his parent that says something.

[@EstrellaFugazLux0609]

@@boundariessetinstone5893 It does, yes, that’s why I guess they feel guilty enough to have done all of that to ensure at least they did better with their grandson

[@boundariessetinstone5893]

@@EstrellaFugazLux0609 I suppose but to me if parents f you up they don’t deserve your kids. I would have fought to find other arrangements for my child/children. But I guess the mother wasn’t in the position to do that so what happen happen.

[@Chicorodrigo781]

Wow. It's comforting to know we have such brilliant people looking for missing children they can't find one kidnapped by his grandparents. Thanks agencies that supposedly protect us. What would we do without you? Pitiful.

[@williamf4544]

Maybe someone did find him - maybe someone thought it would be for the best for the boy to say they didnt find him - just maybe - how do you think it would have worked out for the boy if it had worked out how you say it shoudl have ?

[@troubledsole9104]

He wasn’t missing, he was rescued.

[@angelasmith257]

Amen…

[@sails3538]

To the news people....Why leave stuff out? The mother living in a car, the father has all the signs of being a crack head, and does not visit his mom and dad for 19yrs. I say well done Grandparents.

[@Mystere1985]

That's why I don't watch TV news. A weird gloss over everything and avoid obvious questions...

[@MisplacedTexan]

Absolutely agree 100%!

[@frowlinian8175]

They said the mom was living in the car and even if the dad was a "crack head" at one point, that doesnt mean he was one when he was being raised and certainly doesnt mean he is one now... and plenty of people dont talk to their parents... regardless of how the grandparents treated the boy that doesmt make it right that they just took him, there are procedures in place to take over custody of the parents aren't well

[@hopoutattheafterparty6245]

@@frowlinian8175 Once a crack head, always a waste of life. Remember that.

[@frowlinian8175]

@@hopoutattheafterparty6245 that couldn't be farther from the truth... that's literally the opposite

[@scrollingdownaswespeak]

The grandparents are real heroes saving their grandchild's life from living a potentially bad childhood from either parents.

[@Demicleas]

@Havoc Brothers Gaming So you'd prefer the child to be beaten abused and treated as a pawn to further the parants deline into drug and alcohol abuse?

[@vannalaws1692]

@@Demicleas I'd prefer kids not be kidnapped. Honestly shocked you're in the pro-kidnapping camp, which I didn't realize existed until now.

[@dg7347]

@@vannalaws1692 was it necessary to kidnap him probably not but he looks like he's doing good for himself, has his own kid, they did good raising him is all i can say

[@vannalaws1692]

@@dg7347 Idk, I can say more than that I think. Like I feel pretty good about saying that not abusing the kid you kidnapped isn't a justification for kidnapping them. I'm glad the guy is okay, but what his grandparents did was just wrong even if they took care of him after.

[@dg7347]

@@vannalaws1692 well we don't know the exact situation any of them were in, we know the mom was living in her car, parents seem happy their kids okay, not charging the grandparents, this ended the best way it could have

[@1butterontoast]

So many grandparents wish they could rescue their grandchildren like this.

[@coult45usmc]

After seeing and hearing about the parents, sounds like his grandparents did him a huge favor

[@dilapidatedcastillo500]

Wow. I'm so glad this 'missing child' case actually turned out well. I hate seeing those kids faces looking back at you from those 'missing child' posters. My mind always wanderers to the worst outcome. Always makes me so sad. So I'm so thankful this one turned out so well and that the ones who "abducted" him actually saved him.

[@cameliaignat5261]

Why would they abuse him?!They didn't take him to keep him captive or whatever,they took him because they didn't want the kid to live in a car!

[@arrowhead6076]

That doesn't help the fact that the grandparents kidnaped him I agree with you though

[@ok-ts4bt]

AppleDash The mother lived in a car and the father was a crack addict. It is better to be kidnapped by grandparents who will care for you, then to live with those parents.

[@samuraijackoff5354]

A. Banana Highlight *Some* . These ones didnt.

[@kristingallo2158]

Why didn't the grandparents just file for custody based on his circumstances? Or they could have asked the mom if she needed help. Their junky son left her in that mess to begin with.

[@theredtechengineer1480]

Kristin Gallo this reply just screams “I am a woman”

[@mimiramsey7147]

I am very happy you are ok. I was wandering what happened to you. Thank God you are safe. Take care you and your family. God is love. Mimi

[@GhostMan407]

just by looking at his actual parents i can safely say his life is far far better with these people than it would have been with them

[@joycejackson9189]

Paternal grandparents? So the father never spoke to his parents? Grandparents disappear and Noone questions it?

[@darafeth]

Joyce Jackson Seriously sometimes that's just how it happens. My father hasn't spoken to his father since he was 16 years old. It's been over 20 years and still not a word. Families sometimes just aren't family. It is what it is.

[@SumthinMstBAvailable]

Like the first response. It's possible. The grand parents may have never reached out to the parents when he disappeared. Or showed no interest etc. Would have caused a further drift between the families. I don't speak to my father and nor has it ever cross my mind to ever speak to him in a time of crisis.

[@rtertereterterterte9992]

darafeth it is what it is is a terrible thing to say.

[@lofiyguy]

+darafeth my dads dad is dead. I'm really sad cause I never got to meet him

[@philisiwemkhulisa42]

lol

[@MajoradeMayhem]

>your parents disappear >your son disappears >don't attempt to find out where your parents moved to >see no coincidence here This should have been the easiest case ever, not a Sherlock Holmes episode.

[@undefinedchannel9916]

It was a good thing though

[@Havanorange]

Good point! 👮🏻‍♂️oops! somehow that coincidence was missed.

[@Fabian.J]

Yes, please recommend this to me 9 YEARS LATER. This is definitely NEWS right now.

[@Sunline2002]

My grandparents did the same thing and raised me & I'm glad that they did. But they told me when I was 17 and in all honesty they did the best thing for me so you can't judge somebody else's situation

[@autumnbraley7402]

In my opinion this needs to happen more often. I have worked with children for 20 years now and the sad reality is biological parents are given chance after chance to become good parents but more often than not they just ruin their kids childhood if not worse. Too many times children have lost their lives because the courts gave them back to unfit parents. I'd rather be tried for kidnapping than feel like I stood by and let my grandchild be hurt because the laws had failed to protect them from an unfit home.

[@cyndigooch1162]

Autumn Braley I totally agree with you because I experienced a horrendous childhood with my extremely troubled parents, due to their own unhealed childhood wounds. I had a younger sister and brother and we were placed in foster homes, or stayed with relatives for periods of time, but wish I could've stayed at one of the other places permanently! I ended up becoming pregnant when I was 16 years old and did my best to look after my precious daughter, until things went horribly wrong, which led to relinquishing her when she was about 13 months old. I attempted to get her back not long after she went to her new supposedly safe family, due to the devastation of the loss. It didn't work out though. I mainly wanted to mention that the adoption hasn't been viewed favourably by most people, including my daughter, who is 44 years old now. In fact, she absolutely despises me and has been abusing me, including death threats, on and off for many years. Luckily, I live in another country because she might've assaulted me, or much worse, by now. She stopped contact with me about eight months ago and it hasn't been easy at all, yet it's for the best. Hopefully, she'll be able to do the healing work on her trauma issues sooner rather than later. Another point is that family members and others have judged me harshly as well and say that they don't understand why it happened, even though they don't even know the full story. Unfortunately, the adoptive family wasn't very healthy either, hence why my daughter has suffered a double whammy, so to speak. I know that many adopted people do have huge resentments towards the parents, due to their abandonment issues, which is understandable and there's no guarantees anyway. 😥

[@Justrelaxx101]

So agree!!

[@wannabehistorian371]

Kidnapping should happen more? WTF is wrong with you people.

[@Justrelaxx101]

@@wannabehistorian371 I think they mean in situations like this. No child should have to live in a car with drugged up parents. So happy he had a good life and didn’t fall prey to his parents. His father won’t even get on a plane to visit him as an adult. Crazy!

[@wannabehistorian371]

@@Justrelaxx101 What evidence is there that dad was on drugs? People can have messed up teeth for other reasons.

[@stuff3862]

I suddenly want to brush my teeth. Edit: I wrote this comment 3 years ago and I cant figure out why I wrote it. Can someone point out the part of the video I was referring to? Thank you. Second Edit: Oh never mind I found it... lol

[@Mirmirmirm]

Hilarious

[@stephanyescutia3429]

😂

[@mumbamusonda8926]

Hahahahahaha

[@GreySalt]

😂

[@pandakiwiuwu4056]

Vanessa Gonzalez oh shut up

[@stevenstover5994]

I’m so happy that boy is alive and well. I’m not sure if this is accurate but I think they say if the child isn’t found in 48 hours statistically they’re never found.

[@SheraLawton]

Woah! Amazing Blessing 🙏

[@empire0]

Nice teeth in that family.

[@TerraHessK]

empire Teeth ? Where, hwat teeth :o-

[@zoevtapas]

Lmao

[@Savage_Gamer777]

Man come on don't talk about people like that you don't what happen to them

[@zoevtapas]

Yes. ..you have no idea about the genetics that caused their fucked up teeth. Chill out folks. Lol

[@jgtx75063]

Zoe Vee W/ that lol of yours, you are our main target to laugh at our comedy. lol.

[@ct5625]

Well done to the grandparents for taking this young man to safety. His parents were clearly not capable of caring for him properly, and the state was clearly incompetent. The grandparents might have "technically" broken the law, but they made the right moral choices here and shouldn't be punished for this. I hope he and his parents have the maturity to understand.

[@tradne85]

In my opinion, they did break the law. However, they likely did so because they perceived that following the law would actually harm the child and thus defeat the purpose the law. To put it another way, they followed what is supposed to be the spirit behind the law.

[@teofilamadrigal2931]

What was the exact information that made you think the parents state was incompetent.

[@dripkid1128]

@@teofilamadrigal2931 did you even watch the video?🤦‍♂️

[@teofilamadrigal2931]

@@dripkid1128 I did. Did you? Please point out anything that benefits your opinion other than the car situation, which even then should not be judged so harshly.

[@georgeusher7215]

@big dumb idiot Justice? The boy got the life he deserved. Following the law in this instance would've set him up for worse. Isn't that ironic? The grandparents did right, regardless of anything else. Atleast your name is accurate.

[@rosearceo86]

Salute to the grandparents, they did what is the best to they’re grandchild .🥰❤️❤️❤️

[@HamburgerTime209]

Wow, this story gives hope to people who’ve lost family without a trace that their kin might be out there living their life

[@applepiebetty]

Looks like moms was living out of her car, the father has been on drugs, looks like the grandparents did the boy a solid.I'm guessing the parents can now see how much better off the boy was with the grandparents and that it was out of love that they took him, so they dropped charges. If not, they should have.

[@shryve]

What about the Mother, seems she did the right thing by asking the grandparents to look after the kid while she was homeless?

[@katlyng-k2633]

You never know maybe that’s how they turned out after their child was kidnapped by their grandparents I wouldn’t never know what I would do if something like that happened to me I wouldn’t who I couldn’t live without them

[@junegiovanni6475]

Better of he is like 19 and with a kid, already has a wife...he should be in college experiencing life and not settling down so fast at a young age. Be young and having fun and getting a career.

[@katlyng-k2633]

June giovani my brother was 15 then he became a dad he was having and he has sex and when people have sex it might lead into being around and you can still have fun with kids you can still be a parent and have kids the grandparents had no right to do that now my brothers got four kids and he is the most happiness you can ever be and he is engaging is gonna get married late this year at the end of the day if you order enough to have sex and you feel like you’re you can have sex you’re older Nuff to raise a child.

[@goodgirlkay]

June giovani He is 24.

[@ahinoj]

Then he got rich and created a KZbin channel called jacksepticeye.

[@stillyourlilgirl]

Wut

[@femalespringtrap6074]

ikr! he looks so much like jacksepticeye!

[@rafi3863]

+Antech 15 He doesn't look like him XD

[@denasucks8272]

And became irish

[@lleopoon9434]

And became irish😂😂😂

[@sharonvizcarrondo5847]

O my God. Speachless.

[@jerry3790]

I’m glad that he turned out alright and got to meet his real parents. I think the grandparents did the right thing to raise him but disappearing with the child and not even telling him the truth is cruel to both the parents and him.

[@6uzismax]

I got raised by my grandparents from a similar situation I still live with them because they looked after me for years and years, the least i can do is look after them back

[@limericky8548]

I know a couple of other jobless basement dwellers that use the same logic.

[@tf5447]

God bless you!!!

[@tawandathurman8354]

God bless you. Take good care of them now ❤

[@Dorak74]

@@limericky8548 lmao u sound like one

[@spilcher5866]

Good for you....that is the only way to go. God bless you greatly.

[@TrumpyJake]

imagine it was just some random dude that looked at bit like him and he's just standing there so confused

[@Ghost-Song7714]

Wow damn! Good for him! Good for him!

[@r0der1ck_0nl1ne]

I thought it was strangers. His grandparents saved him from a life on the streets and maybe worse. This isn’t an abduction case. It’s grandparents taking action to protect the most vulnerable of their family.

[@erinl7946]

As someone who was raised by my grandparents I'm SO thankful they did. My mother had severe mental illness and addictions, my dad wasn't even around. I can't imagine how I would have turned out had my grandparents not intervened, got social services involved and fought hard in court to have full custody of me. They spend thousands of dollars everytime my mother would haul them into court to attempt to gain custody of me and they literally gave up their retirement by sacrificing their time to raise me properly. They gave me well over what I needed. Whether in this situation the grandparents were wrong or right from abducting this child against his parents will, I can say from experience he definitely was given a better opportunity then what his parents could have. In fact, more parents should lose their rights to raising their child since for the most part, it continues to throw children who turn into adults into society with addictions, trauma, poor coping skills, poor financial habits and more.

[@lb8141]

I am so glad your grandparents love and protected you.

[@SAINTxSZN]

My friends mom had schizophrenia so her grandparents take care of her and her dad isn't in her life

[@dearjohn795]

Same here my grandparents saved me. I get you ...there's a love for them ya can't ever explain or give to anyone else.

[@erinl7946]

@@dearjohn795 absolutely!

[@rainynight02]

Your grandparents deciding to stand up where a father was absent and a mother was a drug addict is entirely commendable. That is NOT what happened here. They KIDNAPPED this child. They deserve no praise, no sympathy. They should be locked away for the rest of their lives.

[@melaniaricci9100]

extremely brave grandparents that did literally everything to save the kid, they must love him very much.

[@wannabehistorian371]

Yeah, making his parents think their kid may be possibly dead for years. So stunning and brave.

[@maryamalfayed223]

This is amazing news to finally found out where you come from and who you really are I can't imagine how this young man his wife and his biological parents must be feeling right now it's overwhelming to read this so I know it has to be overwhelming to live it! ❤️😱❤️

[@marymotherofgod4861]

Glad he's ok 🙏❤️

[@everythingpony]

Just so you guys know, the grandparents wernt charged, "the missing boy" was thankful his grandparents did thats for him, he hated his real parents

[@hiesius3405]

reference?

[@6-dpegasus425]

You aren't rainbow dash, sussy flutters

[@peanut4664]

Bruh he doesn’t even remember. Did you not hear the reporters say that he was shocked?? He thought his grandparents were his parents.

[@eh-i1841]

At aged 5,he wouldn’t have hated them,no matter their circumstances,or actions.Well done,his grandparents,for doing the right thing,though.

[@124Nightwing]

The Justice System more than likely wouldn't have taken him from his meth addicted parents, or if they had it would have been far too late. The Grandparents gave him a real chance at life.

[@soapqueen2008]

124Nightwing his mom and stepdad had custody of him

[@chlo384]

yeah obviously but they probably would have been taken off of them and given to the grandparents anyways

[@hannahyoung6762]

@@soapqueen2008 they were living in a car & drug addits

[@adrianaboga8361]

Yes, this boy, now, man, was lucky.

[@maxinewest4096]

Amazing story

[@dearjohn795]

this isn't the worst thing I've ever heard this is a beautiful thing my grandparents did the same thing for me rescued me from my unfit drug addicted abusive parents when I was just a baby and raised me to be the decent man that I am today not the best but I think it would have been a lot worse for me or maybe I wouldn't even been here if it wasn't for my grandparents to rescuing me. I love my grandparents for that ❤️ love ya papo and Mami miss ya guys so much thank you for everything.

[@blankpage9277]

Actually seeing how his parents are I think his grandparents did the right thing. He was raised in a stable, loving home versus being fought over by two homeless meth heads.

[@rlbdirect1428]

His grandparents were already raising him since he was 6 months old.

[@jbandd]

This is unreal, I live in Indiana very close to that area VERY, and this is on my recommendation page.

[@ohshanana2397]

the grandparents had the right message but bad delivery. but i’m happy that he lived in a loving environment

[@lorrainegonsalves5318]

Bless the Grandparents. They saved the poor boy from a horrible life with his biological parents. The boy would have probably followed in the steps of his addicted parents if his grand parents hadn't saved him

[@williss11]

Well can you blame them? I can kinda understand their feelings, a child being raised in that type of enviroment,parents divorced and mom living in a car. Though its kinda sad maybe the grandparents wanted their grandchild to have a fulfill childhood where he wouldnt be with out anythin,idk thats my opinion

[@Rel1369]

"They wanted him to grow up where he wouldn't be without anything!" Well he grew up without his parents. It would have been nice to know what the grandparents told the kid why his parents were not there. I believe they should be charged with kidnapping the same as anyone else would be. Do you let a stranger off the charge if they could show the child was better off...no you wouldn't. Proper channels, which i know suck but so does your child disappearing without trace.

[@moesydocious]

Yes, I can blame them. They did something wrong and illegal, and they had no right to decide they were better than his parents. People have a right to their children, and kids have the right to at least see and be in their parents lives.

[@symrob1306]

moesydocious Is illegal meant immoral ? Not always. It's illegal to enter in someone's house breaking the door, but if you do it to save someone inside ? It's illegal to take someone's child but if you see the parent beating the child very badly will you think :"I can't take this child from his parent but will call the police even if i know that will be too late when the cops will be there" «People have a right to their children» Correction : «People have limited right to their children» «kids have the right to at least see and be in their parents lives.» ... and the right to live in a secure place and live a normal life.

[@symrob1306]

***** Thank you and Take care too Lady.

[@TrickXStar]

***** The bottom line is that the grandparents didn't have that right to take him. If they were concerned for his well-being they should have contacted CPS or the proper authorities.

[@-attemptingtherandom-2777]

Bless his heart. . . . .

[@rosamundmundy6966]

Good on you grandparents.. you saved this lad from a bad life

[@nancyhoward7005]

Grandparents were saving this young man from a tragic life. Good job grandparents

[@Kamdeboo-kz7lo]

I wish we all had loving and caring grandparents like him. They afforded him a loving and stable home, not a broken family and living in a single parent home. Not to mention being at the centre of parents who have nothing but animosity toward each other.

[@youtubebannedmeagainbecaus9812]

The grandparents saved him. I honestly wish i had grandparents like this when i was a kid.

[@dustiwnl1480]

I wouldn’t say the grandparents did the right thing but they did the best thing

[@jayconlley4734]

Seeing the parents grandma and grandpa did a good thing.

[@prestonwaters6618]

You look pregnant! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@sophiarogers3329]

omg my mom knew him because they both lived in Lagrange, IN and i just showed her this video and she was so shocked that he is still alive.

[@sophiarogers3329]

why would i lie...?

[@sophiarogers3329]

i wouldn't have written this comment if was a lie... just saying.

[@iammadaboutdogs]

Why would he not be alive?

[@sophiarogers3329]

iammadaboutdogs || my mom told me that her town was told rumors that he was killed...

[@enriquejimenez940]

sophia rogers that's true.

[@shortiebop01]

Grandparents did the best they could and risked their own lives for their grandson.💗

[@ShoyaIshidaASV]

Why did I get recommended this 9 years later

[@misspad7282]

This happened to my niece when she was 5 years old. Her grandmother took her from the fenced in front yard and she never returned to her mother. It was the best thing that ever happened to her. She is a nurse today. Had she stayed with her real mother, she would have not turned out so good. We all missed her for years, but eventually got to see her.

[@camerondundale811]

I get what you’re saying but you can’t just kidnap kids from their parents. It’s illegal for a reason.

[@GodbornNoven]

@@camerondundale811 Which reason? why is kidnapping illegal in the first place?

[@GodbornNoven]

@@camerondundale811 all crimes are justifiable and reasonable under certain conditions

[@GodbornNoven]

@@camerondundale811 these conditions can be found by asking yourself why a certain action is considered illegal.

[@kittycat4746]

@@camerondundale811 This is why laws should be made to be more flexible. Laws can be faulty because they are made by humans.

[@chrik25]

I know its wrong but I think he had it better with his grandparents. Parents looks messed up.

[@arrowhead6076]

Mama lived in a car so Better he lived with his grand parents

[@tonkysue207]

Well done grandparents....done out of love .congratulations Richard on your new baby

[@rebelrouserr]

I wish more missing children were found this way, grown up and happy.

[@furiousaaron]

Soooo when was the question raised. "Where the fuck are my parents?" Come in to play when your son just so happens to dissapear when they do? It makes no sense.

[@slyfoxie55]

Oh Jesus... imagine meeting those people and being told that they are your real parents. I'd run a mile.

[@sharksport01]

...to the nearest dentist.

[@tf5447]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@calvincandie5344]

Chit better run all the way into the next county...

[@amberhesamisogynistheard2653]

Kids got great grandparents, risking it all to give someone the best life possible.

[@ahotdj07]

I am sure his parents are so happy to learn their son is still alive and hopefully they can all reunite.