Missing boy found safe after 13 years

A five-year-old boy who went missing from his home in Alabama 13 years ago has been found unharmed and living with his father in Ohio, thanks in part to red flags raised when he tried to apply to college.

Julian Hernandez’s mother reported him missing from the Birmingham area in 2002. The case cracked open with a tip on October 30, officials said.

Hernandez was applying to several colleges, but there was an issue with his Social Security number, said Lt Kevin York of the Vestavia Hills Police Department, near Birmingham.