Rudy Farias spent the eight years his mother claimed he was missing hidden in her home and being abused by her, a community leader who interviewed Mr Farias along with Houston Police Department officers has claimed.
Mr Farias made headlines earlier this week when her mother Janie Santana told reporters that he had been found following his disappearance on 6 March 2015. Ms Santana claimed that she had been informed by law enforcement that her son was found beaten outside a church.
