A boy who went missing 8 months ago has been found alive nearly 2,000 miles from home.
Breadson
John, of Vancouver in Washington, was found in Jasper, Missouri, on
Feb. 17, the FBI’s Seattle division confirmed on Tuesday, Feb. 21.
Breadson,
who also goes by the nickname Brxsan, was first listed as missing on
June 17, 2022, when Vancouver police were unable to locate the boy
during a welfare check after family members became concerned.
At
the time of his disappearance, authorities said Breadson might have
traveled to Hawaii, where he was born, or to Arizona or the Pacific
island nation of the Federated States of Micronesia.
Investigators
learned that the boy was possibly in Missouri in August, and
subsequently recovered him with the help of local police, according to
KGW8.
As of Wednesday, Feb. 22, authorities had not released
more details about who had taken Breadson or how long he had been away
from home.
Breadson is in the custody of the Missouri
Department of Social Services, and will be escorted back to his home
state by Washington Child Protective Services, KGW8 reported.
“Breadson’s
recovery would not have been possible without the combined efforts of
the Vancouver Police Department, FBI Kansas City, and the Jasper County
Sheriff’s Office,” Richard A. Collodi, special agent in charge of the
FBI’s Seattle field office, told the outlet.
“We are relieved at this outcome and how quickly we were able to resolve it.”
