Associated Press wrote: HOUSTON — A Texas mother's 17-year-long search for her son who authorities say was taken by his father is over after the grown-up son apparently saw a newspaper story about himself and persuaded his dad to turn himself in.
Stephen Palacios Jr. of Waco was held Friday on charges of interference with child custody. He and his son went to a Houston attorney's office Thursday where the father surrendered to federal authorities.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Alfredo Perez on Friday told The Associated Press that the elder Palacios would remain in custody in Houston until McLennan County authorities retrieved him to face charges. Perez said he believed the son was staying Friday with family members, but he declined to release further details.
The father "was motivated today by what is best for his son," Palacios' attorney Paul Nugent said Thursday. Nugent did not immediately return a message Friday from The Associated Press.
Palacios was living in Waco when he and his wife divorced and the father and son disappeared.
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He may have essentially kidnapped him but he obviously raised him right!
The charges aren't kidnapping but felony custody interference. Do you think the father should be punished? Was his son somehow wrong to turn him in?
I agree with the attorney that the father was a good person who made a mistake but I agree with the law that he should be punished, and I think the sone did the right thing.