Months after a Michigan teenager vanished, with his family thinking him dead, the teen was miraculously found in a Twitch streamer's video filmed in Miami .
Troy Coleman had been missing for almost two months before shocked viewers spotted him in a Twitch live stream. Thanks to eagle-eyed viewers, he may now be able to reunite with his family, who, after months of no contact, assumed the teen was dead.
"The internet is wild," says Twitch streamer FaZe Lacy, who got a video of the missing teen. The missing 17-year-old boy from Flint, Michigan, magically reappeared on a live-streamed video, puzzling everyone with his sudden comeback after vanishing in May .
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Troy Coleman, a Mt. Morris Township, Michigan resident, dropped off the radar on May 21, leaving his family desperate. Troy was feared dead after all leads dried up regarding his mysterious disappearance. The boy was last seen hopping onto a city bus in Flint.
With his family all but given up hope, Twitch viewers noticed the teen, whose photo was circulated by the police in previous months. Troy appeared unexpectedly during FaZe Lacy and Clix's live broadcast from a Miami eatery. Viewers heard someone ask, "Bro, are you good? " as Coleman mingled among patrons, caught by FaZe Lacy's live feed.
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Coleman seemed oddly unencumbered, sporting a neon-green swimsuit and a sweatshirt. Viewers began making fun of Coleman, pegging him for a "crackhead" in the live comments. But in fact, the video managed to make its way to Coleman's brother, who insisted his brother wasn't on drugs, but suffered from a mental illness.
"Hello my name is Trent [C]oleman and my missing little brother from [M]ichigan was on Clix and [L]acy's stream in Miami, he was wearing green shorts and they were making fun of him, he is not on drugs he is schizophrenic and 17 years old if someone can contact me about this [I] would be so thankful he has been missing for 3 months and this case was put on homicide in [M]ichigan," says the email sent from the brother to the streamers.
With viewers calling in, Flint Township police confirmed the teenager was found safe. Social media buzzed with claims his discovery came via a cameo on a Twitch celeb stream.
FaZe Lacy tweeted that the teen's brother reached out directly. "(Three) months ago a 17-year-old kid went missing and was put on homicide. Yesterday on stream he came up to me and Clix and now his family knows he is alive and in Miami," Lacy wrote. "The internet is wild," he added.
On Thursday, the Flint Township Police Department extended "a heartfelt THANK YOU to everybody who shared the missing person information about Troy Coleman."
The police department confirmed that the missing teen had been found safe in Miami. "We are working with local authorities to arrange his safe return to Michigan to be with his family," the police department stated.
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