FAMILY MEMBERS OUTRAGED ASKING
HOW AND WHY AUTHORITIES WERE
MISLED FOR SO LONG.
THIS MORNING, FAMILY MEMBERS OF
THE MAN BELIEVED TO BE MISSING
FOR EIGHT YEARS SPEAKING OUT
AFTER DISCOVERING HE WAS
APPARENTLY LIVING AT HOME ALL
ALONG.
>> HE DIDN’T DESERVE THAT.
NOBODY DESERVED THAT.
>> Reporter: JUST DAYS AFTER A
GOOD SAMARITAN REPORTEDLY FOUND
THE 25-YEAR-OLD UNRESPONSIVE
OUTSIDE A LOCAL CHURCH, POLICE
IN HOUSTON MAKING A SHOCKING
REVELATION.
>> INVESTIGATORS FOLLOWED UP ON
THE TIPS, LEADS, COLLECTED
EVIDENCE PROVING THAT RUDY WAS
NOT MISSING DURING THE
EIGHT-YEAR PERIOD.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO
AUTHORITIES, HE NEVER ACTUALLY
VANISHED AND WAS LIVING WITH HIS
MOTHER JAIME SANTANA THE ENTIRE
TIME.
>> IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT RUDY
RETURNED HOME THE FOLLOWING DAY
ON MARCH 8, 2015.
>> Reporter: SANTANA ALLEGEDLY
TELLING PEOPLE THAT HE WAS HER
NEPHEW.
>> THE MOTHER CONTINUED TO
DECEIVE POLICE THEY REMAINING
ADAMANT THAT RUDY WAS STILL
MISSING.
>> Reporter: SANTANA EVEN
RELEASING A STATEMENT AFTER HER
SON WAS FOUND, THANKING THE
MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR
SUPPORT, WRITING MY SON RUDY IS
RECEIVING THE CARE HE NEEDS TO
OVERCOME HIS TRAUMA.
NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY MEMBERS IN
DISBELIEF.
A WOMAN IDENTIFYING AS HIS AUNT
SAYING HE’S TRAUMATIZED AND HE
DOESN’T WANT TO SEE HIS MOM.
>> I FEAR FOR RUDY’S LIFE.
>> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS SAY
THEY HAD SEVERAL ENCOUNTERS WITH
POLICE OVER THE YEARS, BUT GAVE
FAKE NAMES AND BIRTHDAYS, WHICH
IS WHY HE REMAINED A MISSING
PERSON CASE.
FOR NOW THERE ARE NO CLUES WHY
THE MOTHER AND SON WOULD HAVE
LIED ALL THESE YEARS.
BUT POLICE SAY THEY DO NOT
BELIEVE THIS WAS A KIDNAPPING
CASE.
AND NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED
AGAINST THE MOTHER OR THE SON.
>> RUDY IS SAFE.
HE IS WITH HIS MOTHER BY CHOICE.
>> AND HE’S AN ADULT.
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: A SOLVED MISSING
PERSON’S CASE THAT NOW HAS MORE
QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS.
AND POLICE SAY THIS
INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING.
ONCE COMPLETED, IT IS POSSIBLE
JAIME SANTANA COULD FACE CHARGES
FOR PROVIDING FALSE INFORMATION
IN A POLICE REPORT.
NBC NEWS REACHED OUT TO SANTANA
FOR COMMENT BUT HAS NOT HEARD
BACK.
PETER?
>> THAT’S A WEIRD ONE.