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8-year-oldBreadson John has been found safe in Missourieight months after vanishing from Vancouver, Washington.
On Tuesday, the Seattle bureau of the FBI confirmed that John was located on Feb. 17. It followed the release of anFBI missing person posterin January after authorities learned that John had been taken to Jasper County, Missouri in August.
The boy iscurrently in the careof the Missouri Department of Social Services, local NBC affiliate KGW reported Tuesday.
Staff from the Washington Child Protective Services department are also en route to Kansas City to collect John and bring him back to his home state, KGW reported.
According to the FBI, John was firstdeclared missingafter a wellness check was conducted at his home in June following concerns from members of the Vancouver, Wash. community.
Now that he has been located, it’s unclear whether he will return to his last known guardians, his grandparents, against whom charges of Custodial Interference were filed in December.
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The Vancouver Police Department said in a statement prior to John’s discovery that thefamily had not provided helpin the investigation.
“Since June 2022, Vancouver Police Detectives have attempted to contact multiple family members to determine if Breadson is with family or is truly missing,” said the police. “To date, the family members that have been contacted have not provided investigators information related to the whereabouts of Breadson and he has not been located.”
source: people.com
