18-year-old missing from Virginia for 3 weeks found at Houston homeless shelter

NORFOLK, Virginia (KTRK) — A determined seek for an 18-year-old from Virginia who was lacking for 3 weeks ended at a homeless shelter in Houston.

However now, the query is: How did he get right here?

Keith Anderson’s household reported the 18-year-old lacking after they dropped him off for sophistication at Norfolk State College in Virginia on Jan. 29. State police mentioned somebody reported seeing Keith at a 7-Eleven retailer in Norfolk on Feb. 4.

“Properly he was crying, hysterically, in fact, however he was crying, and I used to be crying, and I requested him to come back house,” his mom, Mesha Anderson, advised WTKR.

“How did he get all the best way to Houston, Texas?” WTKR reporter Kelsey Jones requested. “He mentioned he took the bus,” Mesha replied.

The bus experience from Norfolk to Houston is almost 20 hours lengthy and spans greater than 1,300 miles. Mesha mentioned they haven’t any household in Texas.

Keith flew to Charlotte, North Carolina on Sunday to fulfill his mom.

His mom says somebody on the shelter noticed the information story about Keith’s disappearance and advised him to name house.

“Somebody from the shelter noticed the information piece on TV and advised him to come back right here,” Mesha mentioned. “So he mentioned when he came to visit there, the individual within the shelter mentioned, ‘Hey, you are on TV, and your mother is searching for you.’”

Now, the household mentioned they’re taking steps in direction of therapeutic.

“We’ll handle his effectively being first, and foremost,” Mesha mentioned. “All the pieces else is secondary.”