00:00A child has been located three years after disappearing.
00:04Andrew Escobar is now back with his father in New Mexico.
00:08He's at home with my wife and he's just sleeping, doing like what any 14-year-old does right now.
00:14He's just sleeping, kind of just getting used to everything right now, getting acclimated to being back with us.
00:22And we're just excited to have him.
00:24Juan Escobar says his son was never returned to him after a custody visit with his mother in 2023.
00:31At the time, Miriam Felix was charged with custodial interference.
00:36It wasn't until recently that Andrew and his mother were located by authorities in Texas, bringing to an end a
00:43long journey for this worried father.
00:46The worst part is when those days turn into months and then that months turn into years.
00:54The first year that his anniversary that he had been missing, I think I took it so hard because I
01:00realized it had been an entire year since I had seen him, talked to him, heard from him, heard about
01:06him.
01:07And those anniversaries are tough. They're really tough.
01:11While relieved to have his son back, he says he faces new challenges, like getting his son acclimated to his
01:18new life and holding his mother accountable for her actions.
01:22When he went missing, he was 11 years old. He had just finished fifth grade.
01:28He's now 14-year-old, six feet tall, and is about to enter high school.
01:33And so that in itself is going to be a challenge.
01:38And so that's the first thing.
01:41And the next thing is figuring out where he's been the last three years.
01:46Online court records show Miriam Felix is being held without bond.
01:50She's set to be arraigned this week on the custodial interference charge from 2023.
01:56For Inside Edition Digital, I'm Mara Montalbano.
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