A then-17-year-old Texas high school student who disappeared while walking his dogs more than eight years ago has been found alive.

Rudy Farias set out on March 6, 2015, to walk his two dogs in north Houston and never returned home, although the dogs were later found, KTRK reported.

Update: 7/1/23– After 8 long years, Rudy has been located safe. Please continue to keep his family in your prayers as Rudy recovers in the hospital. https://t.co/AFqj9qvm9G

— TX Center 4 Missing (@TXCenter) July 2, 2023

Investigators warned Farias’s family at the time that he could have been abducted and sold in human trafficking — and they were concerned because he suffered from anxiety, depression, and ashthma, for which he didn’t have his inhaler, KHOU reported.

Investigators have not provided details about when, how, or where Farias, now 23, was found. The Texas Center for the Missing said he is recovering in a hospital.

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[Featured image: Rudy Farias in 2015/Texas Center for the Missing]