Episode 283: Missing Boy Discovered After 8 Years - Turns Out His Family Was Holding Him Captive The Whole Time
Rosa was in her 80s and struggling with dementia. But recently, it seemed like things had gotten worse. Rosa would point at the door at the end of the hallway and whisper to her family -
“Rudy is here. He’s there. He’s in that room.”
Her adult children would all glance at one another before comforting Rosa that there was no way Rudy was there.
Rudy Farias was a boy that had gone missing 5 years ago. 3 years after Rosa passed - Rudy Farias was found alive. He had been living in that locked room for the past 8 years. He had been held captive.
Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
https://abc13.com/rudy-farias-case-missing-person-timeline/13469216/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CuaG48AJ4NS/
https://nypost.com/2023/07/07/rudy-farias-mom-janie-santana-allegedly-used-fake-fb-profiles/
https://texasequusearch.org/board-of-directors/tim-miller/
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/houstonchronicle/name/charles-uresti-obituary?id=22585382
https://www.pods.com/blog/living-in-houston
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/hpd-officer-commits-suicide-near-city-jail/285-259126788
https://nypost.com/2023/07/06/rudy-farias-tragic-family-history-revealed/
https://www.rosewood.cc/book-of-memories/1933387/farias-rudolph/obituary.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanell_X
https://www.tiktok.com/@abbylynn0715/video/7252431693464800554
https://www.insider.com/rudy-farias-mystery-missing-scam-private-investigators-houston-2023-7
https://globalnews.ca/news/9827560/rudy-farias-interview-missing-texas-man-mom/
https://people.com/rudy-farias-previously-believed-to-be-missing-for-8-years-speaks-out-7559497
https://www.foxnews.com/us/missing-texas-man-rudy-farias-case-fishy-years-report
https://abc7.com/rudy-farias-found-missing-houston-man-mother-reported-son-alive/13465603/
https://nypost.com/2023/07/06/rudy-farias-tragic-family-history-revealed/
https://www.insider.com/missing-houston-rudy-farias-voted-elections-records-show-2023-7
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/06/rudy-farias-mother-houston-texas/70387503007/
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