Missing teen who disappeared in Idaho after talk of ‘Second Coming’ has been found

A missing 16-year-old boy from Arizona was found safe with his mother, uncle and sister in Alaska on Friday night.

Blaze Thibaudeau was at the Alcan Port of Entry along the eastern Alaska border when U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents found him, according to an announcement from the Gilbert Arizona Police Department and FBI Phoenix Field Office.

He was with his mother, Spring Thibaudeau, his uncle Brook Hale, and his sister Abi Snarr. Spring and Brook were arrested on extradition warrants and turned over to Alaska State Troopers.

“Thank you to everyone who assisted by sharing information in our investigation to locate Blaze and reunite him with his father,” a Gilbert Police Department tweet says.

Blaze had been missing since Monday, Oct. 23, when Spring checked him out of school in Gilbert, Arizona. They boarded a flight to Boise with Abi to meet up with Brook. Nobody had heard from any of them since but the group crossed into Canada on Thursday.

Spring, Brook and Abi believe the Second Coming of Jesus Christ is imminent and felt Blaze would play a pivotal role in the last days, according to Ben Thibaudeau, Blaze’s dad and Spring’s husband. Ben spoke with EastIdahoNews.com Thursday and worried Blaze could be in danger.

An Arizona judge granted Ben an emergency petition of custody for Blaze on Tuesday. Spring and Brooke were charged in Arizona on Friday with felony conspiracy to commit custodial interference and felony custodial interference.

This story was originally published October 30, 2023 at 12:09 PM.