And tomorrow, community activists
say they will demand that the Mother
Mother of Rudy for Rias be charged.
That's after police confirmed
today she lied about her son being
missing for the past eight years.
And tonight, some of Rudy's
relatives got to see him for
the very first time since 2015.
We have team coverage for you tonight.
First, Matt Doherty talking to
Rudy's aunt just a few hours ago
after she visited him at a home that
he's staying at right now. Matt.
Colleen Sanchez says after speaking
with her nephew today, he wants
nothing else to do with his mother.
She says she believes the allegations
that Quan Alex made yesterday. Are true.
Things did not start cordially this
afternoon when the aunt of Rudy
Various showed up to this home in East
Houston to pay her nephew a visit.
Pauline Sanchez told us Rudy is
staying with a friend of his mother's,
but when Pauline showed up at the house,
the woman inside called 911
refused to let her in the door.
That's what she said to Rudy's in
there, but she's not willing to
speak of anybody at this time.
But later on,
Sanchez's son was first allowed
inside to see his cousin,
and then Sanchez herself was
eventually allowed to see
him to get polling. So this
was the first time you've
seen him in how long
since the 2015?
She says she gave him a blessed
rosary from the Holy Land.
It was beautiful, very
beautiful to see him. We hugged
until I finally let go, Sanchez
says. Ferrius will clearly need
professional help for what he's endured.
She told us her nephew is getting
to choose where he lives for the
first time and whether he wants
to see his mother, Janie Santana.
He made the statement that he
doesn't want to see his mom.
He doesn't want to go back to his mom.
The Sanchez says She did not ask
Ferris about it, but believes
what he allegedly told activists
Quan LX yesterday that he'd been
drugged and physically and sexually
abused by his mother for years.
But if Rudy told Mr.
X what in reality happened, everybody
has to believe that story. Janie
Santana has not been charged with
a crime, although her family says
they would like for her to be arrested.
Grace White is looking into why no
charges have been filed. Grace We've
spent hours tonight trying to reach
Rudy's mom at home and at work
to hear her side of the story.
I also tonight called the District
Attorney's office to ask why they
decided to not file charges.
They told me there's simply
not enough evidence yet.
Hi Janie Grace White, channel 11.
There's still no answer from Janie Santana.
I tried calling the mother of Rudy
Thaddeus this evening after Houston
police held a press conference today.
Currently the DA has declined any
charges at this time for making
fictitious reports and failure at ID.
The last time I saw Santana,
she speed away from our cameras yesterday
after initially agreeing to talk to me.
That was until activist Quanel X went public
with allegations of Rudy being abused.
Quanel says he was in the room
with Rudy and HPD detectives
when Rudy made those accusations.
However, today HPD said Rudy never
told them he was sexually abused.
They do confirm Rudy was
never really missing.
For eight years,
Mother Janie continued to deceive
police by remaining adamant
that Rudy was still missing.
She alleged her nephew was
the person friends and family
we're seeing coming and going.
However, we disputed that.
He hasn't checked his Facebook.
He hasn't checked e-mail.
That was Santana in 2016.
We dug into our archives to find an
interview she did with Kate Show you
during a nationwide Bring Them Home
campaign to highlight the missing.
She talked to us one year after
she claimed her son disappeared.
That's why we know that.
He wouldn't just get
up and go on his own.
That's not him. During that interview,
Santana claimed detectives told her
Rudy may have been kidnapped and
sold for human drug trafficking.
However, today, HPD determined Rudy
actually returned home the day after he
ran away and had been home ever since.
We're going to conduct our investigation
and we're kind of right at the beginning of.
Police told us tonight this case is still
active and they're still getting new leaves.
They say they'll investigate any new
information they get in North Houston.
Grace White, K2 U 11 News, new developments
coming out daily. Grace. Thank you.
In the meantime, the Frias family
has experienced a lot of tragedy.
Relatives confirming Rudy's half brother
died in a motorcycle crash in 2011.
Three years later, Rudy's father,
a former Houston police officer,
died by suicide.
He was being investigated for an
alleged ticket scheme at the time.
The family says all of these
events may have led to Rudy
running away in March of 2015.
But again, as HBD confirmed,
Rudy returned home one day later.
As you've been hearing a lot
of developments in this case
in just the last 48 hours,
we have all of them on khou.com.