Rudy Farias’ Mom Speaks Out after Her ‘Scared’ Son Revealed She Kept Him ‘Slave’ for 8 Years

On July 6, 2023, KPRC 2’s Corley Peel shared a short Twitter clip of Rudolph “Rudy” Farias IV’s mother, Janie Santana, speaking out in public for the first time. At the time, Santana was talking to her neighbors and was recorded while leaning against a car.

Peel revealed that the clip was taken the night before, and she said that the police were treating her as a suspect in her son’s missing person case. The reporter also shared that she spoke to Farias IV’s cousin, who once called the police in 2018 after his family saw him at his mother’s house when he was supposed to be missing.

In the video, Santana said police wanted to arrest her because they believed she’d been “hiding” her son. The day before the footage was uploaded, Quanell X, a Houston community activist, spoke to FOX 26 Houston about the young man who went missing aged 17 on March 6, 2015, only to be found in mid-2023.

He revealed that he received an emergency call from detectives asking him to meet with them, Santana and Farias IV, at a hotel. The victim asked to speak to the activist, and a detective stayed put as they spoke one-on-one for about an hour and twenty minutes.

Quanell X admitted that the things he heard from Farias IV, 25, were so “horrific,” he tried holding his tears back so the victim wouldn’t see him crying but failed. The young man said he’d initially run away when taking the dogs for a walk but returned home two days later.

Janie Santana speaking to neighbors about her being a suspect in her son's missing person's case on July 6, 2023, in Houston | Source: Twitter/KPRC 2 Corley Peel

Janie Santana speaking to neighbors about her being a suspect in her son’s missing person’s case on July 6, 2023, in Houston | Source: Twitter/KPRC 2 Corley Peel

He ran away because he got tired of his mother not respecting his boundaries by staring at him when he showered or forcing him to bathe her. However, upon his return, Santana allegedly told her son he had to hide because the law was looking to arrest him for running away.

The victim’s mother initially hid him somewhere else before relocating him back home. When investigators came by, the young man’s mom allegedly hid him in the house, but despite all she reportedly did to him, Farias IV didn’t want his mother imprisoned or to get in trouble.

The victim allegedly said he was tired of living like a “slave.” What troubled him the most was that she made him sleep in the same bed as her and “play daddy.” When he snuck off the bed and slept under it, Santana reportedly told him he was her husband.

Janie Santana speaking to neighbors about her being a suspect in her son's missing person's case on July 6, 2023, in Houston. | Source: Twitter/KPRC 2 Corley Peel

Janie Santana speaking to neighbors about her being a suspect in her...