Rudy Farias | Alive after "vanishing" for 8 years

Rudy Farias was 17 when he vanished in Houston in 2015. He was last seen walking his two dogs – the animals returned home and he did not.

Over the years, Rudy’s family gave multiple media interviews and conducted fundraising in an effort to find him. Rudy’s mother Janie even flew to California to visit a John Doe in a hospital at one point, who authorities thought may have been Rudy. When she found the male was not her son, she collapsed and had to be hospitalized herself.

On June 29, 2023, a man resembling Rudy was found injured and unable to communicate on the steps of a Houston church. Somehow, Rudy’s family were notified and were on the scene before law enforcement. They made many social media posts announcing that their beloved son had been found alive after eight years! What a miracle!

Except their story quickly unravelled. It turns out that Rudy actually returned two days after he went missing in 2015 and he had been home this entire time. There are now allegations of abuse and sexual assault against Rudy’s mother, Janie.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the wild case of ‘missing man’ Rudy Farias.

We also discuss a quick overview of the recent Island Serial Killer updates.

If you’d like to skip straight to Rudy’s story, please goto (9:56)

Read our blog for this case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/07/09/the-twisted-tale-of-missing-person-rudy-farias/

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