Indiana boy Steven Bryan who disappeared two years ago aged three is found alive by police

An Indiana boy who vanished 2 years agone erstwhile he was 3 years aged has been found, constabulary say.

Steven Bryan, now five, was reported missing from Mooresville successful June 2022 according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

On Tuesday, he was recovered astatine a location successful Bloomington pinch his mother Deborah Bryan, 31, and her fellow Caleb Blevins.

A Silver Alert had been issued for each 3 group connected August 26, 2022, which has now been lifted and Deborah was arrested for an outstanding warrant of interference pinch custody.

'Steven is fine. Mom was conscionable hiding him retired because of immoderate benignant of custody conflict pinch his existent father,' Mooresville Police Chief Kerry Buckner told WIBC.

'We gave her ample opportunity to conscionable fto america cognize that Steven was okay. We agreed to do a Zoom gathering aliases immoderate was convenient to make judge Steven was okay.'

Police utilized surveillance to way down nan 3 group to a home on Fox Hollow Road successful Bloomington.

They obtained a hunt warrant for nan location and Steven was taken into protective custody and will beryllium released to nan Department of Child Services.

Court documents viewed by Fox 59 authorities that Steven's begetter had reported his boy missing successful July 2022 and Deborah was successful a narration pinch Blevins astatine nan time.

Deborah allegedly near nan area pinch Blevins and her son, according to nan documents. Deborah's slope relationship had been closed and nan compartment phones for some Deborah and Blevins had reportedly been deactivated.

'We gave her ample opportunity to conscionable fto america cognize that Steven was okay. We agreed to do a Zoom gathering aliases immoderate was convenient to make judge Steven was okay,' Buckner said.

Blevins has not been charged yet, but Mooresville Police told WANE they judge was going to beryllium taken into custody for assisting her.

Police are continuing their investigation to clasp those accountable for keeping Steven missing complete nan 2 years. 

'One of my detectives believes that nan individual who owns this residence is successful immoderate measurement related to Deborah Bryan,' said Buckner.

'Now that we cognize nan kid is okay, we're going to analyse to spot who helped them out.' 

Deborah's uncle Tom Cash successful Bloomington told Fox 59 she was conscionable trying to support her boy safe.

'She’s genuinely acrophobic for her child’s information and wellbeing and his life. That’s what motivated her to effort to prevention her son,' Cash said.