Runaway and Missing Persons
We were called by a frantic mother in Northern California who explained that five days earlier her fourteen year old son ran away from home and not one of his friends would tell her where he was. Under this circumstance the police cannot force anyone, be it a minor or adult to reveal the whereabouts of the child. We identified an adult as a primary suspect and had our agents place him under surveillance. We also spoke to reluctant neighbors who lived in the suspect's complex. They were afraid of the man believed to be harboring the boy. After intense interviewing of all the boy's friends and his family members and while our surveillance was ongoing, one of the suspect's neighbors called us to say they just saw the boy and the adult male walk back into the suspect's townhouse. We called the Sheriff and when they arrived the adult male gave us all permission to enter the residence. We noticed an attic door in the ceiling on the second floor. We opened it and there was the child. The Sheriff had searched the same unit three previous times but they never bothered to 'look up.' Our client was ecstatic but unfortunately she learned that her child was heavily addicted to illicit drugs that were being supplied by the suspect. Mom placed her son in a drug rehabilitation program, the suspect was arrested and the last we heard all was fine.
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