A kidnapped Missouri boy gave a hint as to the ordeal he suffered when he told a US television audience he “never wanted any kid to go through what I went through".

Two boys kidnapped four years apart and found in the same US flat smiled shyly but said nothing to media at two packed news conferences today, a day after they were rescued.

A 41-year old man has been charged with kidnap after shocked police discovered a 13-year-old boy who vanished five days ago – along with a 15-year-old boy who had missing since 2002.