Missing Teen Found 26 Years After Being Kidnapped By Neighbor -- One Of The Longest Abductions On Record

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A missing Algerian teen has finally been found ALIVE after 26 years — but no one suspected him to be just feet away from his home the whole time… The horrifying story comes from the town of El Guedid in northern Algeria, where back in 1998 then-17-year-old Omar Bin Omran went missing without a trace.

His family was left devastated. The only logical explanation they could come up with at the time being that their son was a victim of the ongoing Civil War at the time.

Except for his mother, that is. According to several local outlets, she always had a sneaking suspicion he was close by. Sadly, her motherly intuition would prove true… Related: Body Of Missing College Student Riley Strain Found In Nashville River For a while Omran’s dog would circle around the neighbor’s house.

That is until it died from a suspicious poisoning incident in their yard, which is now believed to be done by the neighbor himself.