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A Michigan teen was missing for weeks. Then someone saw this

detroitnews.com 2024/10/4
Troy Coleman

A 17-year-old Michigan resident missing for weeks has been found in Florida, police said ― and it apparently resulted from a livestream.

Troy Coleman was last seen leaving his house in Flint Township and possibly boarding an MTA bus, the Flint Township Police Department said in a Facebook post on May 21.

Last week, someone claiming to be his brother was watching a Twitch stream by popular content producer FaZe Lacy and his friend Clix, according to email shown on the streamer's X account.

During the stream, which was in Miami, Lacy apparently focused the camera on Coleman.

The email seen on X said: "Hello my name is Trent Coleman and my missing little brother from Michigan was on Clix and Lacy's stream in Miami, he was wearing green shorts… He is not on drugs, he is schizophrenic…"

The brother reportedly reached out to the streamers and then contacted Flint Township authorities about his missing brother.

Lacy said in a post on X that Coleman came up to him and Clix to speak to them, and as a result, his family now knows he is alive and in Miami.

In a Facebook post Thursday, the Flint Township Police Department confirmed Coleman was found safe in Miami "and we are working with local authorities to arrange his safe return to Michigan to be with his family."

Officials with the police department did not respond to a requests for comment Friday. Coleman's relatives were not immediately available.

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