Former Teen Mom Star Jenelle Evans' Son Jace Found Safe After Running Away
Former Teen Mom Star Jenelle Evans' Son Jace Found Safe After Running Away
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 - Janelle Evans' son, Jace, located and safe
00:05 after running away from home.
00:07 In a statement to ET via her manager,
00:09 the star says her 14-year-old has been found
00:12 thanks to the sheriff's department
00:13 in their North Carolina hometown.
00:15 Jace was reported missing Tuesday afternoon.
00:19 Janelle's manager relaying to ET at the time,
00:21 it was over a tiff between the teen and his parents.
00:24 As a boy mom, kids can act up and rebel,
00:26 as I'm sure the majority of us all once did as kids too.
00:30 The reality star explained her son got into some trouble
00:33 at school, so she and Jace's stepdad, David Eason,
00:36 took his phone away.
00:37 That's when he decided to run off.
00:40 The statement continued, this is a teenage boy
00:42 being a teenager who's mad that we decided
00:44 to take his phone away.
00:45 Janelle clarified it had nothing to do
00:47 with her situation with David.
00:49 - I've been out here running through the (beep) woods
00:51 for two and a half hours trying to find him.
00:53 I'm the first one that ran after his (beep)
00:55 to try to find him.
00:57 - Meanwhile, David's speaking out about the incident
01:00 on Instagram, telling fans to keep their opinions
01:02 to themselves.
01:04 - You wanna come on here assuming all kinds of (beep)
01:06 about Jace.
01:07 That's what you're gonna do?
01:10 - Fans might remember Janelle and Jace's story
01:12 back in the day on Teen Mom 2.
01:15 - There you go.
01:16 - Janelle gave up full guardianship to her mom,
01:18 Barbara Evans, in 2017.
01:21 But fast forward to 2023, she finally regained custody
01:24 of her firstborn.
01:25 ♪ Nothing's clear to see ♪
01:29 ♪ But darling, stay with me ♪
01:33 Here she is just months ago, signing documents,
01:37 the caption reading, "It's official."
01:39 As Janelle got real about it on her TikTok,
01:41 her mom is completely fine with the change
01:44 and ended her post with this message,
01:46 "Words can't describe how happy I truly am.
01:49 Our family is complete now.
01:51 Thank you, Mom."
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