Runaway Boy, 14, Lived in Walmart For Two Days

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A Texas runaway hid out in a Walmart store for more than two days, burrowing into a stack of paper towels and toilet paper with a second hideout among baby products and strollers, according to authorities and video evidence.

The 14-year-old boy, who has not been identified, was reported missing on July 28. He was staying with his aunt in Corsicana, Texas, while his parents were out of town, Corsicana Police Chief Randy Bratton said today in a statement. The family told police he has a history of running away, the statement said.

Two days later, at around 11 p.m., police were called to an around-the-clock Walmart, where employees had found the boy.

Photos released today by news station KTVT show where the boy allegedly hid while in the store: in a display of baby products and strollers and behind a stack of paper towels and toilet paper.

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/runaway-boy-14-lived-walmart-days/story?id=24961900

[joeybee12]

1. What amazes me is they didn't notify Child protective Services...

Said not signs of a bad or abusive environment...I think that should be SOP regardless of the police think...could be nothing but better to err on the side of caution...I assume there are such laws in place in other states.

[gerogie2]

2. CPS is always refered to in a runaway case

Don't worry about CPS. I had a runaway brother that started running away at age 11 until he was 14. My mom would offer social workers tea when they came to evaluate the home for the umptenth time.

[rocktivity]

3. How did he get so far past the Mexican border?

And has he been checked for ebola?


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[Laffy Kat]

4. I remember fantasizing about that when I was a kid.

All you can eat, a bathroom, new toys to play with at night....

[Blue_Tires]

11. Damn right...Me too!

Except in my childhood it was a Toys 'R' Us superstore instead of a Wal-Mart...

Even at 37, I would happily raise hell in a toy store all night...First thing I'd do would be to build a really long Hot Wheels track...

[Jamaal510]

5. I wonder how

things are at his household if he actually ran away from home. It sounds like he doesn't have very competent parents.

[Stallion]

6. No He Was Just Waiting for some Service in Aisle 9

Thank you
Thank you very much

[gollygee]

7. This reminds me of a couple of favorite books from childhood

One was http://www.amazon.com/From-Mixed-Up-Files-Basil-Frankweiler/dp/0689711816

I don't remember the name of the other but it was about some kids (siblings I think) who lived in a shopping mall.

[rocktivity]

8. There was also one about kids who live in New York City's

Metropolitan Museum.


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[gollygee]

10. Yeah that's the first one I mentioned

the one with the Amazon link. That is a great book, and I loved the movie too!

[fishwax]

13. I also loved the movie -- incidentally, the 1995 remake had Lauren Bacall

playing Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Ingrid Bergman in the original): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_the_Mixed-Up_Files_of_Mrs._Basil_E._Frankweiler_%281995_film%29

[Quayblue]

14. omgosh you brought back good memories

I loved that book as a kid. I think I reborrowed it 5 or 6 times from the library.

[AgingAmerican]

9. A good friend of mine

Ran away to Disneyland when he was 12. He lived there for two weeks before he was caught. This was in the 1960s. He stole food and slept in the Swiss Family Tree house.

[hamsterjill]

12. Almost like the movie...

"Where the Heart Is" with Natalie Portman.