LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A mother's desperate plea to find her homeless son in Las Vegas appears to have worked.
Jennifer Tracy from Missouri posted a Missing Person’s Ad on Facebook that showed a before and after photo of her 27-year-old son Cody Bishop.
The photos were taken 7 months apart and showed Cody before and after drug addiction.
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Jennifer says Cody moved to Las Vegas a year ago, but he hadn't responded to her calls in over a month. She feared he might even be dead.
Cody had reportedly been to a rehab facility in Las Vegas for addiction to heroin, he was hospitalized after an overdose, and News 3 learned he was even arrested over the summer on a larceny charge.
However, his mother refused to give up hope.
She posted the ad asking people to keep a lookout for him.
Tyler Powel, a man who is currently backpacking across America, saw the post on Facebook and decided to pause his travels and take up a search.
After a couple of days of speaking with homeless citizens and workers in the area of Las Vegas known as Naked City, he says a lead came through and Cody was found.
He has since reportedly reconnected with his mother who is trying to get him some help.