A 17-year-old boy who had been missing from Flint, Michigan since May, was located Wednesday after randomly appearing on a live-streamed video.
Troy Coleman, who was last seen leaving his home in Flint and possibly riding a public bus in late May, scared popular Twitch streamers FaZe Lacy and Clix when he approached the streamers while they were recording a live video at an outdoor table. Miami Restaurant.
“Brother, are you good?” In the video, a man can be heard asking Coleman, who wanders around an outdoor table talking to people during the live-streamed video of Fez Lacy.
Coleman was wearing a neon-green bathing suit and appeared to have no other accessories than a sweatshirt.
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Troy Coleman, a 17-year-old Michigan boy with schizophrenia, was found safe in Miami on Thursday after appearing in a live video from a popular Twitch streamer. (Flint Township Police Department)
Dozens of people watching the live video left real-time comments when Coleman entered the scene, calling him a “crackhead” and drunk.
Later, Faz Lacy shared an email to X from Trent Coleman, who identified himself as Coleman’s brother.
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“Hello my name is Trent [C]Oleman and my missing little brother [M]ichigan was on Clix and [L]AC’s stream in miami he wore green shorts and they were making fun of him he doesn’t take drugs he’s schizophrenic and 17 years old can anyone contact me about this [I] So thankful that he has been missing for 3 months and a case of murder was filed in this case [M]icigan,” the email states.
Faz Lacy noted in a post on X that he was “not sure” whether he should make the email public but “hoped it would help somehow. [Coleman] can be traced to his family.”
The streamer said in another post that Coleman mentioned the hotel he was staying at during the live recording.
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“We got in touch with his brother and told him what hotel he said he stayed at on the stream. He was tracked down and held in a holding cell in Miami until he returned to Michigan with his family,” Fez Lacy wrote. X. “The power of the internet is insane thanks guys.”
On Thursday, the Flint Township Police Department announced that Coleman had been “found safe in Miami,” adding that Michigan police were working with Miami authorities “to arrange for his safe return to Michigan with his family.”