Kidnapped Indiana Boy Found After 19 Years

A missing boy from the US state of Indiana is found after being kidnapped by his grandparents 19 years ago.

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5 months ago

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United States

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Richard Wayne Landers Jr.

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United States of America, Indiana, Minnesota

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The 19-year search for this boy, Richard Wayne Landers Jr., is over. In 1994, Landers was kidnapped in Indiana by his paternal grandparents during a custody battle and went missing. Police announced Thursday that he had been found living in Minnesota under an alias, and that the now 24-year-old Landers is married and is soon to become a father. Richard Landers Sr. is excited to see his son again after all these years. (SOUNDBITE)(English) RICHARD LANDERS , SR., MISSING BOY'S FATHER SAYING: "Until I actually get to walk up and say hello to him again, I don't know that it's going to be real." The grandparents were charged with misdemeanor interference with custody at the time of the abduction, but the case was dropped in 2008.