After 8 years, missing Texas teenager found alive

US authorities found a teenager who went missing eight years ago alive in the state of Texas, reported CNN.

The American media outlet shared that Texas Center for the Missing confirmed Rudolph “Rudy” Farias IV, who was missing since March 6, 2015, has been found.

“After 8 long years, Rudy has been located safe,” said a Sunday tweet from the Texas Center for the Missing.

“Please continue to keep his family in your prayers as Rudy recovers in the hospital.”

Farias’ mother told CNN affiliate KTRK that authorities had received a 911 call of finding Rudy unresponsive outside a church, with cuts and bruises. She believes that her son was badly abused and beaten.

The mother said Farias is only speaking a few words at a time before going into a fetal position. She believes it will be a long journey before her son heals completely from the trauma he went through.

According to the American media outlet, Farias, who was 17 in 2015, had disappeared when he went outside his home with his two dogs.

It’s unclear where he was all these years at the moment.

According to the US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, nearly 360,000 reports of missing children were made to the FBI in 2022 – a figure that may include duplicates.