According to an article in NBC News, a 17-year-old went missing while walking dogs in Texas more than eight years ago, leaving behind a puzzling riddle that was unanswered until Saturday when he turned up as a 25-year-old man. Houston native Rudy Farias had been the focus of widespread worry, but the Texas Centre for the Missing claimed that he had been located “safe” and was recuperating in a hospital without revealing the circumstances surrounding his admission.
Farias was last seen taking his two dogs on a walk near his house
Farias was last seen taking his two dogs on a walk near his house in northwest Houston on March 6. Farias, who was a teenager at the time, disappeared without a trace while the dogs returned home without their leashes. According to family members, Farias had been struggling with melancholy; things got worse after he lost his brother in a motorbike accident years ago, according to NBC News. “His brother was his best friend in the world. He’s experienced far more than any person his age should ever have to endure,” Brenda Paradise, a private investigator hired by the Farias family, had told the outlet in April 2015.
Texas EquuSearch requested the public’s help in locating Farias, according to ABC7, stressing that he might have been confused and not taking his medicine.
On March 10, 2015, the search for the then-17-year-old was briefly halted while authorities acquired fresh information. However, the search was restarted two days later, on March 12, and finished the next day.
According to ABC7, on March 13, 2015, authorities expressed gratitude to the searchers who braved the rain-soaked fields in pursuit of Farias.
On July 2, 2023, authorities finally announced that Farias had been discovered safe, albeit the precise circumstances of his absence are still unknown.