Chase Desormeaux feared the worst after he stopped hearing from his two sons.

Cohen, 7, and Colton, 5, missed the first day of school, Christmas and their birthdays.

After they did not show up for a routine custody drop-off, alerts went out last December across Louisiana asking people to be on the lookout for the boys. The U.S. Marshals Service joined the search, while the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office also tried to track them down.

As Desormeaux continued searching for his sons, their faces flashed on national news screens. Investigators had not been able to determine their specific location, saying the boys could be as near as still in Louisiana or Texas, or as far away as California, Michigan, Illinois or Pennsylvania.

“They could be pretty much anywhere,” said a host of “On

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