Two Missing Colorado Boys Found in Phoenix
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Christopher Ihinger, left, and Danny Eberly disappeared in western Colorado. (San Miguel County Sheriff's Office)(PHOENIX) -- Two boys missing in western Colorado since Sunday have been found safe in Phoenix, according to authorities there.
The boys, 12-year-old Christopher Ihinger and 14-year-old Danny Eberly, both of Telluride, disappeared while on an outing with Christopher's dad, Aaron, and his hiking partner, according to the San Miguel County Sheriff's Office.
The boys are now in custody, unharmed, according to the Phoenix Police Department.
"The boys admitted to running away, to taking the truck and driving it to Phoenix," read a statement issued by the San Miguel County Sheriff's Office. "They were apprehended by the Phoenix Police Department after being suspected of committing some crimes."
Authorities in western Colorado spent three days combing broad swaths of wilderness near Telluride in search of the two boys.
Aaron Ihinger told police he last saw them Sunday morning, when he left the boys near a boat ramp in the Big Gypsum Valley of San Miguel County to go rock climbing. When he returned a few hours later, both of the boys were gone.
"It is unknown at this time the events that occurred that got them [to Phoenix], but the boys are in the custody of the Phoenix Police Department," the San Miguel County Sheriff's Office statement states. "Sheriff's investigators had learned that it was highly probable that the boys had planned to run away."
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