A Boy Abducted On 1994, by Andrew Khouri

In the Los Angeles Times, there is an article written by Andrew Khouri, about a boy who was abducted in 1994. In 1994, a five year old boy named Richard Wayne Landers Jr. who lived with his parents in LaGrange County, Indiana was abducted. Police at the time believed that the boys grandparents Richard and Ruth Landers, abducted him and went to live elsewhere. Authorities at the time issued arrest warrants for the grandparents, charges were filed, and missing report for the boy went into databases. In 2008, the charges were dropped on the grandparents because police could not locate the boy or the grandparents. It was said by police that Richards parents, mother and stepfather were living inside of their car when the boy was abducted. Last fall, Richard reappeared and is now married, twenty four years old, and is expecting a baby. He is now living in rural Browerville, Minnesota, where police found him. Richards stepfather Richard Harter gave police the boys social security card in September, they were able to locate someone who lived in Minnesota with the same date of birth and social security number. Police say that they found a man last year in Minnesota that looked similar to what the boy would look like today and grown. Police said, "An investigation ensued, bringing in the Long Prairie Police Department, the Todd County Sheriff's Department in Minnesota, the FBI and the Social Security Administration. Landers’ grandparents, Richard and Ruth Landers, were found living nearby in Browerville, Minn., and confirmed to authorities that the man was indeed the missing boy"(LATimes). The grandparents told police that they are who the police think they are and so is the boy, also Richard Landers was living under the name of Michael Jeff Landers. Sheriff Peter J. Mikkelson said that once investigation is finished he will forward the case to the general attorney's office for further charges. Mikkelson did not comment on whether Richard new about his past before investigators showed up or whether he was going to make contact with his parents.