A boy who has been missing from Washington state since at least mid-June was found safe in Missouri, the FBI office in Seattle said Tuesday.
Authorities said 8-year-old Breadson John had vanished by June 17, when a welfare check at his home in Vancouver, Washington, just across the state line from Oregon, determined his absence, officials said.
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WATCH HEREOn Friday, Breadson was found unharmed with the help of sheriff's deputies in Jasper County, Missouri, the FBI said. It wasn't clear what he was doing there, how he got there, or what he had been doing since June.
According to NBC affiliate KGW of Portland, Oregon, the FBI discovered Breadson had been taken to Jasper County in August, a finding that led up to last week's recovery.
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