Rudy Farias mystery: mom made the boy a 'slave' and forced him to sleep with her, activist says

• Houston police met Wednesday with the family of Rudy Farias, a missing person for eight years.
• Searchers called his reappearance a miracle, but neighbors claim he was never missing.

Rudy Farias, the Texas man who was reported missing eight years ago and was reportedly found, has claimed that he endured years of lies, abuse, drugging and "slave"-like conditions at the hands of his mother, a local activist claimed.

Quanell X, a Houston activist, said he attended an interview of Farias by detectives at a Houston-area hotel on Wednesday. His voice shook as he described how Farias claimed that he had been fed hallucinogenic drugs by his mother, forced to do her work, and made to sleep in her bed and "play daddy."

"No child should ever be treated like that by his own mother," Quanell X said during a Wednesday press conference

Speaking to a group of local media, Quanell X said that Farias claimed that he had come back after two days and was told by his mother that he would be arrested if he were found. He claimed that she would hide him when investigators would visit the house, Quanell X said.

The Houston Police Department posted to Twitter after Wednesday's press conference that they are not commenting on the interview with Farias and his mother, or whether some reporting about the "specifics of the interviews" is "entirely factual."

Farias' mother, Janie Santana, did not respond to efforts to reach her on Wednesday. It was unclear if she had been arrested or had a lawyer.

In Facebook posts and comments to local news outlets, she had expressed joy about his being "found."

Insider spoke to four private investigators who worked on the Farias disappearance at different times over the last eight years and each said they had concerns that his mother was not being truthful.

This is a developing story. Stay tuned for updates.