A 25-year-old missing Houston man who was found alive after disappearing in 2015 was still wearing his dead brother’s necklace when he was found last week and is currently nonverbal and recovering in the hospital, his family says.
Rudy Farias, who disappeared in 2015 while walking his dogs, was miraculously found beaten and bruised Thursday by a Good Samaritan who called 911 according to his mother, Janie Santana.
“My son Rudy is receiving the care he needs to overcome his trauma, but at this time, he is nonverbal and not able to communicate with us,” Santana said in a statement to The Post provided by the Texas Center for the Missing.
Farias was 17 when he mysteriously disappeared near his family’s home. The alarm was raised as soon as his dogs returned home without the teen. Faris’ mother said he always wore a necklace that belonged to his brother, who was killed in a motorcycle crash in 2011.
When Farias was found unresponsive and covered in cuts and bruises outside a church, he was still wearing the same necklace, Santana told ABC 13. Santana said Farias, who has barely spoken since he was found, keeps holding onto the sentimental chain.
Authorities did not initially believe foul play was involved when he went missing. Additional information about his disappearance was not immediately available. Farias’ mother has said she believes her son, who was bleeding from his head when he was found next to a church, may have been abused.
