German police found a teenage boy Friday, more than two years after he was reported missing, while searching the apartment of a man suspected of child pornography offenses, according to multiple reports.
The boy, 15, was found in a closet as authorities searched a home in the German city of Recklinghausen, CNN reported. A spokesman for police told the news network the boy had been reported missing two and a half years ago.
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Two men who were in the apartment when the boy was found, identified as the 44-year-old suspect and an older man, were taken into custody Friday, according to CNN. In a statement obtained by the news network, police said the 44-year-old was charged with “a serious sexual offense” while the other suspect was released.
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Authorities said the 15-year-old boy had been living in a shelter in a nearby town in 2017 when social workers reported him missing. He was taken into police protection Friday.
