THE BREAKDOWN: A missing six-year-old boy from Maple Heights, Ohio, has been safely recovered in Houston, Texas, following a swift multi-state law enforcement operation. Federal marshals arrested 37-year-old D’Juan Younger on Thursday, just days after he allegedly took the child from a relative’s home without permission. Younger is currently being held in Texas awaiting extradition back to Ohio to face charges.
A multi-state search for a missing six-year-old Ohio boy ended safely on Thursday when federal marshals tracked him and his alleged abductor down in the Houston area. Authorities arrested 37-year-old D’Juan Younger, who now faces charges of interference with custody after traveling more than a thousand miles away with the child.
The situation began last weekend when the boy’s mother left him in the care of family members in Maple Heights, a suburb of Cleveland. When she arrived to pick up her son on Monday, June 15, 2026, the child was gone…