Texas man, who went missing as teen, reunites with family after 8 years

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A Texas man who went missing as a teenager in 2015 after last being seen walking his dogs in Houston has been found alive, his family and police said Monday.. Police and firefighters found Rudolph Rudy Farias IV around 10 pm Thursday after getting a call of a person lying on the ground in front of a church in southeast Houston, police spokesman John Cannon said...

Police investigators had not yet spoken with Farias, 25, who remained hospitalized...

We are thankful that Rudy has been found and receiving the care he needs, the center said in a statement Monday.. Farias was 17 years old when he was reported missing on March 6, 2015, after taking his two dogs for a walk near his familys home in northeast Houston..

Houston police, along with Texas Equusearch, a civilian search and recovery team, looked for Farias but found no signs of him...

Since police were not able to find Farias after the 2018 sighting, the investigation remained open as a missing person case, Cannon said.. Possible sightings like the one Houston police followed up in 2018 were common in the case, said Martin Renteria, a private investigator with Checkmate Investigative Field Services in suburban Houston who had been hired by Farias mother a few months after Farias went missing...

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