A 13-year-old boy reported
missing four years ago was found behind a "false wall" in the
suburban Atlanta home of his father and stepmother on Friday, according to
police. The boy had used a smartphone to contact his sister online, and she
relayed the message to their mother, Clayton County police Capt. Angelo Daniel
told NBC News. The boy's biological mother called police and tipped them off to
where the boy might be, Daniel said.
Investigators then conducted a
welfare check at a Jonesboro home where the child was living, but the five
people inside the home denied having any connection with the boy, police said.
The investigators left, but received a second call that made them go back
inside and perform a more thorough search.
During the second search, the
young boy was able to call his mother, who passed along critical information to
the officers on scene. That led them to find the child hiding behind a wall.
Five people — two adults and three juveniles — in the home were charged with
obstruction, false imprisonment and cruelty to children, according to the
Clayton County Police Department, which said additional charges are pending.
The two adults are the teen's father and stepmother, Daniel said.
Local media reported that the
boy's father refused to return him to his mother during a visit in 2010. The
mother, who lives out of state, reunited with her son in Georgia on Saturday.
Reference: nbc
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