“He is alive — that’s all I can say,” Ken DeLand Sr.,told CNN.
Grenoble’s public prosecutor Eric Vaillant confirms to PEOPLE in a statement that DeLand Jr. has made contact with his parents and is currently in Spain. “We have no further information at this time,” he added.
The DeLand family had last heard from their 22-year-old son on Nov. 27, according to awebsite they launched to help find him.
The student was in “constant communication” with his family during his time at the University Grenoble Alpes, his father had previously toldABC News. “He would reach out to me almost daily, sometimes every other day,” he told the outlet.
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“It’s not characteristic of Kenny to not reach out to usand let us know what’s going on,” his father added during an interview withGood Morning America, which aired Monday.
Further details about the St. John Fisher University senior’s resurfacing were not made immediately available.
Kenny had been missing for two weeks and had been scheduled to return home from his study abroad experience last Saturday, according to multiple outlets.
While the woman who had hosted the student thought he had left her home voluntarily, as did French authorities, his family thought otherwise, per CNN.
On Thursday,Interpol issueda “yellow notice,” which is a global police alert for a missing person, on DeLand Jr.’s behalf.
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“For him to not reach out, with no correspondence, this is very uncharacteristic of my son,” DeLand Sr. told CNN on Wednesday. “This is what creates all the worry that any parent could ever feel.”
source: people.com
