Boy Abducted in '94 Found: Richard Landers Jr Kidnapped By Grandparents Found In Minnesota Using His Social Security Number

Police have located an Indiana boy, Richard Landers Jr. that had been missing for 19 years in Minnesota under a different name. The mother of the abducted boy was "jumping up and down" after hearing the news.

Landers was abducted in July 1994 with his paternal grandparents who also disappered from Wolcottville, which is 30 miles north of Fort Wayne, according to Indiana State Police. The missing boy is now 24-years-old and was found by police by using his Social Security number. Lander was found living in Long Prairie, Minn., about 100 miles northwest of Minneapolis.

The abducting grandparents were found living in the next town over  under aliasses and had confirmed to police of Lander's identity. According to the Associated Press, Lisa and Richard Harter received the good news from investigators and his wife, "jumping up and down for joy," adding that she is "the happiest woman on earth."

Richard said that they are working with an attorney to hopefully reunite with Landers, who is now married and expecting his first child. The grandparents, Richard and Ruth Landers abducted the young boy because they were "upset over pending court proceedings." Apparently, Lander's father was never in the picture, which lead the grandparents to fight over custody.

The grandparents were originally charged with misdemeanor interference with custody, which later became a felony, but was thrown out after the case went cold in 2008. When the case was reopened in 2012, Harter gave the Indiana State Police his Social Security card  in hopes to locate the now missing man. The same identity was located in Minnesota and when comparing the license photo to that of the young boy, the images resembled that of Landers. Sgt. Ron Galaviz said,  "By all accounts, it didn't appear he suffered from any abuse, either physical or mental," Galaviz said.

The grandparents have yet to be charged.