Police find boy who disappeared in 1994

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Mother in Indiana reportedly jumped up and down and happiness when she learned police had found her son missing since 1994.

Richard Landis a Landers I should say is the kid's name he was five at the time when police say his grandparents kidnapped -- -- 24 and investigators say they found in the Minnesota.

Thanks in part to some government records.

Young man living in the state of Minnesota.

Actually was using the Social Security number but what was really interesting was that doing further checking out who this person -- he had the same exact date of birth.

As a boy who was listed as missing back in 1994.

But no word yet win the mom might get to reunite with the sun.

As who has a -- disappeared nearly two decades ago.

The Fox Report chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt is -- is here.

There's a lot more to this investigators say the grandparents.

Were apparently doing what they thought best because the parents were in a really bad place.

-- -- back in 1994.

The mother and the stepfather were apparently both unemployed.

And they were actually living in that -- -- grand parents were very concerned.

About their grandson were actually involved in -- legal battle for custody all of the boy and they vanished when the appeared to be on the point.

Of loosing that cool fight now one of the cops who investigated the disappearance at the time seems to have some sympathy.

For the grandparents actions listen.

I just knew that they were not the kind of people around to see that he got herded off.

-- But tell it was wrong is just too bad it's human many years ago online.

But -- and really happy that he was found in everything is okay.

Now calls what -- the grand parents motives and intentions what they did that was it legal but there is no word yet on whether nearly nineteen years later -- -- to -- -- -- shaping up to be a tough reunion whenever it happens -- really the mother obviously is said to be jumping for joy but think of Richard Land is now living as Michael Landers.

He's 24 years old we don't know.

Whether his grandparents told him his mother was dead or alive we don't know -- they said.

About the situation in which he grew up he also now has his own family to think about he is married.

And -- is it is expecting his first child so one of the cops and Indiana says a regular reunion may be awhile yet.

As far as I know there's no real plans in the works for any kind of a reunion.

At the at this point but again it's still very early because this bombshells just -- on the -- manual with -- last couple of days I'll probably take a look at indigestion and try to work out.

-- those things out.

Now we spoke to the mother's attorney today.

He told us that she is trying to figure out a way to contact has -- clearly.

Everybody here understands that there's a whole lot of emotions involved chip -- -- there must be Jonathan thank you.

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