Houston. Again, that news
conference scheduled to get
underway later this morning
court. I want to start with us.
You are our first reporter on
this over the weekend when this
news broke. Walk us through
how this story has evolved.
You’re out there yesterday
again, every day. New
developments, a very fluid
situation.
>> Yeah, it almost seems minute
by minute now that we’re
receiving new information in
this case and on Saturday at
that point, we had really just
known that every fairy us who
was 17 at the time had been
missing for 8 years. We knew
that he was found. So we were
gathering right away. We were,
you know, working to speak with
family, actually spoke with his
mother on the phone and there
are still a lot of details that
we didn’t know about where he
had been the past 8 years that
we’re trying to find out.
They hit. He was in the
hospital and apparently he had
lots of burns and cuts and
bruises. That’s what we’re
hearing from the mother.
So there was a lot of
information we were just trying
to piece together at the time.
So we didn’t know a lot done
but I was starting to hear from
some family members and there
are some people reaching out to
me on social media saying that.
You know, there’s a lot of
concerns that they have.
They want a red flag, a lot of
red flags, if you will. And so
at the time we you know, we
were just that was kind of
hearsay. But now things are
starting to come to light
about, you know, if he was ever
missing in the first place, if
he had been in the home, the
entire time. So it’s very
concerning from what we’re
learning now.
>> Mario, as you’re digging
deeper, what are you finding?
Well, you know, obviously this
is a case that has so many
people puzzled yesterday at the
hotel. We were there. I mean,
obviously court has been
working this beautifully from
the very beginning. We were at
the hotel yesterday when Rudy
Farias showed up there with his
mother right. And we gathered
that this was not a planned
location. They did not have a
reservation to be at this
hotel. They were not staying
there. No, they were. They just
showed up and told HPD that
we’re going to meet you at this
hotel, according to another
person that was involved with
this. And that was.
Quanell X, the activist, the
activists, if you recall here
Quanell X was very much
involved with the process of
speaking with Rudy Farias
yesterday. And what did we
learn about this at this entire
time? All of these 8 years,
Rudy Farias was living at the
home with his mother. And then
suddenly everyone is like
what’s going on here. So now
you have this process that took
about 2 hours yesterday and
everybody was trying to
identify exactly how this story
has shifted from the very
moment that this. Man oh, man,
was discovered to this hotel
to suddenly.
Everyone just kind of leaves
the premises HPD left the
premises.
Rudy Farias and his mother.
Yeah. Of together in a vehicle
they left around 3.54,
yesterday afternoon and you had
family members of Rudy Farias,
his cousins come and really
say what is going on here.
And then they expressed there
are concerns about what has
been happening throughout this
entire time. And I think we do
have sound his cousin cases.
>> She could go to jail today
right now. Right now talking
about I think Mike has a home.
Stay with me for a couple days.
I think the hope we’re here
for that reason. That’s not
right. What she did. So.
do. We know when they left the
hotel together where they went
from there, there was no, there
was no indication. And I will
tell you that.
>> So we were preparing to go
live at around 4 o’clock
yesterday. As you know, both of
you know, we’re getting ready
to go and you’re sitting up
in front of a camera much like
I’m talking to you right I
hope. And then what happened
was you hear all of this
commotion taking place about
20 yards behind me. I
immediately unplug know that a
little bit time and I start
walking to the back of this
hotel to see what’s going on to
see exactly what’s going on.
And you have all of these
family members like in a rush,
you see Rudy in a vehicle and
his mom’s getting in on the
other side. By the time I got
there and have a family member
saying what’s going on, what’s
going on and it was. For lack
of better term to chaos.
So he was in the passenger
seat. She was white. He was
behind was behind. Right?
And he got it. And she got in.
And then they just all took
off. And then at that point,
they’re all asking what is
going last year they going?
Are they going on? Because
again?
8 years gone out and suddenly
he appears that the man once as
major now man and this entire
time, he has been at home.
You had search parties. You
had media coverage. You had
everybody at one point. Tim
Miller from Equusearch who
think very deeply involved in
this. We spoken. He had
everyone looking for Rudy
Farias and overnight he pops
up on a sidewalk in front of
the church.
>> And I will say a lot of
family members did have their
suspicions over the and HPD
even confirmed to us that in
2018.
They got a call from a family
member saying that they
believed Brady was there at his
mom’s house. And so police went
out there. They searched the
area. They didn’t find
anything. And so actually talk
to the cousin yesterday who
made that 9-1-1 call. She said
that the alert police to alert
police that some of the family
members have been saying, hey,
he’s staying here. She said
their grandma, but I’m kept
telling them. I talked to ready
all the time. I see him all the
time. The lake. What do you
mean? You see them all the
time. He’s been missing for a
few years. the sad part to that
if I may jump in here, is that.
>> Sasha, who is one of the
cousins who was in that
interview just saw she said
exactly what caused that.
>> But added that the family
was they would always chalk it
up to the grandmother, just
had dementia, right? The
grandmother who has since
passed we yeah, I 3 years ago,
but now the family saying she
was telling the truth the whole
time. We have a snippet of that
interview. I want you to hear
that as well.
>> This moving on with her life
like nothing like I mean, you
know, she didn’t talk much.
You know, if she did, it was a
show. It was.
At a time. That’s on the way to
describe it as just and Rudy.
We do have my grandma. But Rudy
Love her, you know, and that he
just never would have left.
>> That car.
>> I also want to bring up to
you know, we’re hearing from
family members. I want to go
back to Quanell X. Then he had
the opportunity to sit down.
We saw him walking out of the
hotel with Rudy covered in a
blanket. You have the
opportunity to also real.
It was surreal because here was
this young man is now a man who
had been missing for so many
years and he brings them out at
some point. For one point, I
should say, wrapped in a
blanket. We do know that
Quanell was very much involved.
He was very emotional to.
He was he was so yesterday.
Absolutely right. Your heart
hurt. So absolutely. Do we know
how he got involved with the
family?
>> So there appears to be
sometimes involved in which
he got someone contacted him
and then he goes to this hotel
and he shows up and then you
started seeing action there.
And then about 3 hours later
when he walked out with Rudy.
And he brought him outside.
And, you know, that’s going to
be said, there’s a lot of this
boy doesn’t trust much right
now. You say and in our
reports, you can see our click.
2 Houston dot com as well.
After all You heard him talk
about how when the mother
during the process yesterday,
when the mother when the mother
showed up, he wouldn’t really
talk. But when she was a way
that he would open up according
to quote, Yeah. And we have
also a piece of that sound.
Seeing this from that young
man.
And that did not want him to
see me start shooting 2 years.
But
>> I couldn’t hold back to to
use. Because of the things he
was saying to us. We take you
to my so. No child. No child
should vote. We treated like
that by your own. But
this young man seated when he
initially ran away. He came
back 2 days later. And she told
him that he had to hide that he
was going to get in trouble
and they were going to arrest
him for running away.
>> It’s it’s so heartbreaking
when you hear him speak of of
what happened. I know 2, he was
in another sound bite that we
have. He was I talking really
was allegedly found with his
mother’s credit card. But that
was something that we we had
also heard about throughout
this entire process. And the
officials, meaning HPD, are
going to have a news conference
later this morning. And that’s
where we’re going to be getting
more official. Yeah, statement.
There are a lot of allegations
right now that are extremely
disturbing, but it’s our job
to obviously exhibits that Ross
is part of the process was and
neighbors are on high alert.
Yeah, they were really confused
because this whole entire time.
They also thought Rooney’s name
was dalph. Yeah. Some been some
neighbors that I’ve only lived
in the neighborhood for about
3 years had no idea that.
>> His mother had a missing
son and the entire time they’ve
been hanging out with this guy
named off in the garage.
You know, walking in the
neighborhood would stop by, and
hang out. And they shared some
text messages with me
>> with Ruby’s mother that, you
know, she would send to the
neighbors and should be looking
for her son and she wanted for
herself as dots. Mom? Well.
>> And now at that home, you
had crime scene investigators
there overnight. Yes, a prop.
22 hours. Yes.
And that means at least to me,
at least that we know 2 hours
and now we’re going to hear
from the chief of police later
this morning in Troy Finner
to give us an update into one
of the most 2 real cases than
I’ve ever covered
him outright. It’s so there’s
so many people not only here
in Houston but worldwide or
watching very.
>> I mean, they’re very active
on social media. That’s for
sure. Everybody’s talking about
it waiting for any piece of
>> Again, a lot of questions.
A lot of allegations were
hoping to get answers to many
of these questions and concerns
later this morning at 11
o’clock. It’s unclear at this
time to where the family is.
We have a crew outside the
home. This is a live look of
that home in northeast Houston.
Again, detectives there
overnight for at least 2 hours.
What really struck me about the
home and just looking at you
can see nothing goal of the
clothes. You can see the gate.
There’s a lot of Gates there.
Yes, there are some you have a
gate at the entryway there you
have gates on the side and the
family members said yesterday
you have a hard time opening
up those Gates was that by
design, right? Who knows?
Do you know what any other
issue here was that I did check
in with a Brittany Jeffers a
few months. Yeah, there’s a
couple other homes. They’re
yeah, that are gated. But that
one the family members pointed
out to us yesterday made a
comment about well, those gates
to take a long time to open up
at that House. Very
interesting. Do we know have
put Sky 2 up to see the layout
of the land behind the house.
Do we know the the floor plan
of the yard,
the backyard? I have
>> You know, I think those
those houses, they don’t have
very big So you are out there
yesterday for for much of the
>> Okay. And I know, too, if
you know, just by observation
looking at the the live shot,
the car in the yard has a paper
tags. I’m not uncommon for Know
we had all this change in the
law because that right? Yes,
yes, yes. a lot a lot of
questions. And remember, I
mean, Corley, I believe this is
just a few miles away from
where he originally
disappeared. A few about that.
It’s not I don’t know the exact
distance, but we’re out there
Sunday. We were, you know,
going back to you and then
going to his house. And it was
in, you know, generally the
same area. So wasn’t very far.
>> So yeah. And then he left
and
>> 2015 and walking the dogs as
a teenager as a teenage charged
15 disappeared and disappeared
and then just shows up in front
of the church last week.
Very bizarre. Very bizarre.
Very disturbing. Again, that
news conference scheduled to
happen at 11 o’clock this
morning. Thank you both for