Missing Boy Returns Three Years After Abduction—But He's Hiding a Dangerous Secret

The New Nicholas

Nicholas told the authorities that he had been kidnapped on the way home from the basketball court. From there, he was flown to Europe, where his abductors forced him into a child sex trafficking operation. After years of abuse, Nicholas escaped to the youth shelter and informed Spanish law enforcement of his identity. Despite this elaborate story, several things didn't add up.

The blonde-haired, blue-eyed, ill-tempered Nicholas Barclay who disappeared from San Antonio returned a brunette, brown-eyed, eerily calm teenager with a French accent.

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