HOUSTON - The mother of a 15-year-old boy with autism wants her son returned home after he went missing in Houston earlier this month and ended up being placed with the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement. He's been in federal custody for more than a week.

Activists are also demanding answers about why the Houston Police Department contacted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after finding the missing teen and how he ended up with the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

FOX 26 Houston asked the Houston Police Department how it unfolded.

Missing teen placed in federal custody

The backstory:

Emmanuel Gonzalez Garcia, 15, disappeared on Oct. 4 while selling fruit with his mother and sister in Spring Branch. His mother filed a missing person report t

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