Four private investigators who tried to find Rudy Farias — the Houston, Texas teen reported missing in 2015 — tell Insider that they are hardly surprised that the “miracle” of his recent reappearance is shaping up to be more like a nightmare.
“Something doesn’t add up,” said one of them, Brenda Paradise, who was quoted in some of the the earliest stories about Farias disappearing, including by NBC’s Dateline.
“There’s something dark and dirty here,” she added.
On Wednesday, a local activist, Quanell X, held a press conference alleging that Farias told him he was never missing at all, and instead endured years of abuse at the hands of his own mom.
Houston police have not confirmed the activist’s claims, saying only that the matter is under investigation.
Mom Janie Santana did not return Insider’s multiple requests for comment. It is unclear if she is together with Farias while the investigation continues.
Paradise and the other PIs that Insider spoke to said they, too, had their doubts over the past eight years about Santana.
Their questions only deepened over the weekend, after a family representative announced “It’s Rudy!!!” on a Facebook discussion group. He was in an undisclosed hospital, barely responsive, and covered in old and new bruises, the post said.
Almost immediately, that same Facebook page, the Rudy Farias IV Discussion Group, began filling with skepticism and conspiracy theories, with some posting purported screenshots of past fundraising by family members.
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