we know that the person who is able to answer a lot of those questions is a 12-year-old boy, charlie bothuell. he has been speaking to police but there's more that they need to know. they tell us he will speak to him again perhaps as early as today, whatever information they can get from charlie, that will go on to prosecutors who will determine whether or not we could see charges in this case. 12-year-old charlie bothuell is with his mother this morning after suddenly being found in his father's home wednesday, 11 days after disappearing. >> we have not done anything wrong to my son, nothing but to try to help him. >> reporter: on thursday, charlie's stepmother was taken into custody for a probation violation on an unrelated weapons charge as the boy's father, charles bothuell, tells nancy grace over the phone he has not yet seen his son. >> why won't police let you see the boy? where is he? >> you know, i'm breaking a no comment rule but i was briefly on the phone with him when he called my mother, and i need to go now because i'm not listening to the attorney. >> reporter: police found cha

today police plan to talk again with 12-year-old charlie bothuell, who you're looking at right there,er almost two weeks mission, and her he was found equally interesting, barricaded in his own family's basement on wednesday. remember, charlie's father was told live on thln's nancy grace that he was found in the home, found alive, and since that people have been skeptical of his reaction. investigators are saying they are not ruling out abuse, but the father has denied any wrongdoing so what's the latest. his wife, charlie's stepmother, is now in police custody but on unrelated charges. what does this mean? let's bring in alexandra field. we have her in detroit figuring out latest. alexandra, what do we know now? hey, chris, the details of this case have been baffling to so many people but the latest is that this 12-year-old boy, carly bothuell, is in the care of his mother two days after being found in his father's baseman. his stepmother, as you pointed out, now in police custody but on an unrelated case. it's a probation violation for an unrelated weapons charge. meanwhile, charlie

sit here and tell you that someone didn't know that charlie was there. >> there's the dad. >> reporter: in an impromptu press conference held as bothuellrrived home from nancy grace's show, charlie's father vehemently denies having any knowledge of his son's whereabouts. >> for anybody to imply that i somehow knew my son was in the basement it's absurd and it's wrong. i love my son. i'm glad he's home. i thought my son was dead, man. >> reporter: police will not go into the details, but they do tell us that they recovered a pvc pipe and bloody clothing from the home, not from the basement. they, as a matter of fact, describe that this basement was not an entrapment and did not appear that way. as for the child, they do tell us that this child is in the hospital. he was given a health -- a clean health bill is what they're telling us, and that he had -- has probably not seen his parents as of yet, carol. >> okay. so the boy was hiding supposedly in the basement. i mean how was he hiding in the basement? >> you know, the chain of events here are just so bizarre. i specifically asked police, what led you to the basement in the first place

over the weekend, the stepmother of charlie bothuell was released from jail after police arrested herrelated weapons charges. now, there are reports charges are expected to be filed in the case, but it is not clear who exactly is in trouble. police are still trying to figure out where charlie bothuell was for nearly two weeks before he suddenly turn up in his father's basement. the family attorney says things were difficult for charlie recently. >> he had been failing in school. he had been kicked out of a couple of schools, he told his son, charlie, the responsibility is now going to be you. you're going to have to go to school like everybody else, and if you don't go to school, and the public school, i have to send you to a military academy. >> hln host jane velez-mitchell joins us with marc klaas, founder of klaas kids foundation. welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you for being here. jane, do we know yet if the boy's stepmother was hiding him in the basement or elsewhere all along? >> this is just a wild mystery, carol. we know from this court document th

with me is his father, charlie bothuell. lie, we're getting reports that your son has been found in your basement. sir? mr. bothuell, are you -- >> what? >> yeah. we are getting reports that your son has been found alive in your basement. >> what? >> yes. that's what -- if you can hand me that wire, very quickly. yeah. we're getting that right now. from -- from -- yeah. how could your son be alive in your basement? >> uh -- uh oh [ expletive ]. i have no -- i have no idea. >> now, this is just a report that we are hearing out of detroit. that we're trying to confirm. >> yeah, please. >> everybody in new york, please, get on it. let me know when we get charlie langton from wwj. sir, did you check your basement? >> i checked my basement, the fbi checked my basement, the detroit police checked can my basement. my wife checked my basement. i've been down there several times. we've all been checking. how -- >> this is what we are hearing. that the missing 12-year-old boy has been found alive and well, in his father's basement. now

bothuell denied knowing his son was in the basement, but in the petition filed in court, the boy told authorities that his stepmother did know. it says, quote, charlies bothuell was aware he was in the basement and did not bring him any food. chartly reports sneaking up stairs to get food when everyone left home, end quote. also in the petition allegations of abuse, quote, saying this, he was observed to have a half circular scar on his chest at a result of his father driving a pvc pipe into his chest. i want to bring in a legal expert and attorney, ann-margaret corsa. asks for charlie and his siblings to be removed from the home. could we expect charges that also follow? >> i think everyone who has been following this case does expect charges to be brought, including charlie bothuell's attorney, fully expects charges to be brought. the allegations within this petition are absolutely heart wrenching and there seems to be evidence backing it up. >> and, you know, the father's attorney is defending him. this is what he said -- >> he had been failing in school, he had been kicked out of a couple of schools and he told his son, charlie, response is now

today, detroit police once again plan to talk with this beautiful young man you're looking at charlie bothuell almost two weeks. new questions swirl around his father and stepmother. let's take a step back. this story became truly bizarre when the father was told live on tv by hln's nancy grace that his show had been found, missing for two weeks, found barricaded in his own basement. people have been questioning the father's reaction and investigators say they are not ruling out abuse, so now the

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charlie was missing, he was going to have to deal with that. is that child abuse? i don't know. that will be up to a judge and jury if bothuell is ever even charged with child abuse. right now, neither of them are charged with abusing charlie. i find that very difficult to believe, that charlie was not getting help from an adult, and, you know, two and two equals four. it looks like the stepmother was helping him. still, the specter of child abuse charges are out there. i want to find out why there were bloody clothes and pvc pipe in the home. was that used to beat charlie? i don't know the answer to that. but i can tell you one thing, brooke. i'm going to find out. >> okay, nancy grace. thank you. let's begin, danny cevallos and sunny hostin. let's begin on this notion of child abuse. she pointed out accurately the police aren't ruling out some kind of abuse by the parents. and she mentioned the strict workout routine, 4,000 steps on the elliptical roughly translates to two miles. sunny, first to you. could that constitute child abuse? >> well, i think it certainly can. i spent a lot of my career prosecuting crimes against c

charlie bothuell is out of the hospital and staying with his mom. her was arrested and appeareded in court today on probation charges unrelated to the case. police revealed they found charlie in the basement, crouched down in a two-foot by four-foot storage room behind stacks of plastic boxes and a heavy drum. there was bedding along with food and drinks inside the small space. police believe he came upstairs to eat when the coast was clear. police have said they haven't ruled out the possibility that he was abused. they plan to talk to the 12-year-old again today. one report said the boy may have feared punishment for stopping a strict exercise routine. police are looking very closely at both the father, who learned of his son was found alive on national tv. today the father's lawyer talked about possible charges. >> do you think your client will be charged with child abuse? >> that's what we have been hearing. we expect the charges to come. so we are ready. >> why do you expect the charges to come? >> they have been floating it out there all along.

been there the entire time, but his father first learned the news during a tv interview. >> charlie bothuellat your son has been found in your basement. sir? mr. bothuell, are you -- >> what? >> reporter: that was the reaction from charles bothuell, given the news during an interview with nancy grace that his son was not only found alive after 11 days, but discovered in the basement of his detroit home. >> how could your son be alive in your basement? [ bleep ] >> i have -- i have no idea. >> sir, did you check your basement? >> i checked my basement, the fbi checked my basement, the detroit police checked my basement, my wife checked my basement. i've been down there several times. we've all been checking. >> reporter: police confirmed that officers had been inside the bothuell home with cadaver dogs searching the house extensively. >> so, we're not certain that charlie was here during those visits, not certain at all, because the question i would ask, how could we miss? >> reporter: police went back to the home wednesday to serve a search warrant after they found traces of blood and a pipe

police found charlie bothuell behind boxes anyplace tuck drum in the basement of his father's condo muchtepmother appeared in court today on an unrelated probation violation. his father made headlines when he found out on national tv his son had been found alive. police check the basement on more than one occasion and they never saw bothuell. >> we come out, we close the door, we lock it and set the alarms. there's no way they can go or out. >> for a little boy to be down here for 11 days and no one would know? >> right. there's in way. >> child protective services removed two other kids from the father and stepmother's home. so far no charges filed related to the boy's disappearance. >>> it's a win for tour guides in the nation's capitol. federal appeals court rules they should not be required to pay the government $200 and pass a 100 question scam. the licensing requirement for peck spec tough guides shows they have some grasp on the citi' history. lawyers argue it's unconstitutional. back in 2011 philly tour guides brought a similar suit an judge dismissed it. >> it's annoying problem

. >> police found charlie bothuell wednesday behind boxes and a plastic drum in the basement of his father'sdo. his stepmother appeared in court today on an unrelated probation violation. his father made headlines when he found out on national tv that his son had been found alive. police check the basement more than one occasion and never saw both you'll. >> we come out, we close the door, we lock it and set the alarms. there's in way they can go in or out. >> for a little boy down here for 11 days, in one would know? >> right. there's in way. >> child proking that tiff services removed two other children from the father and stepmother's home. so far no charges have been filed related to the boy's disappearance. >>> 22 year old man in texas says he's been locked up for years by his adoptive parents. police say they cep him locked in a garage allowing him out once week to shower and visit with a counselor. but a defense attorney says he was locked up for the safety of their other children and because they believe he's a danger to others. >> he was allowed out. >> okay. >> okay. >> what they w

>> charlie bothuell tells host nancy grace he has no idea how his 12-year-old son could have been insidell along. he says police and the fbi searched it repeatedly but investigators are now very skeptical. they say the boy was concealed by a barricade he could not have created alone. >> there is no way he could have erected this makeshift area of concealment. it would be hard for me to sit here and tell you that someone didn't know that charlie was there. >> for anybody to imply that i somehow knew that my son was in the basement, it's absurd and it's wrong. i love my son. i'm glad that he's home. i thought my son was dead! >> the detroit police chief says there was evidence of food where the boy was found. for now he has been removed from the home while police are investigating. >>> president obama is asking congress to approve $500 million to arm and train syrian rebels. under the new proposal a program run by the pentagon would expand previous efforts. the goal is to help moderate rebels fighting both sunni extremists and forces loyal to syrian president bashar assad. >>> flames shot

>> charlie bothuell tells nancy grace he has no idea how his 12- year-old son could have been insideme. he says the police and fbi searched repeatedly but vetters are skeptical. they say the -- investigators are skeptical. they say the boy was behind a barricade he couldn't have created himself. >> there's no way he could have made this area of concealment. >> it would be hard for me to sit here and tell you that someone didn't know that charlie was there. >> for anybody to imply that i somehow knew that my son was in the basement it's absurd and it's wrong. i love my son. i'm glad that he is home. i actually thought my son was dead! >> the detroit police chief says there was evidence of food where the boy was found. for now, though, he has been removed from the home while police investigate. >>> big movie just premiered here in san francisco. >> "planet of the apes" is set here but thanks to hollywood magic, barely any scenes were shot in the city. andria borba was on the red carpet and talked to the director about those production decisions. >> reporter: at the premier "dawn of the

charlie was found crouching in a small area in the basement of his father's home wednesday, officials say, where he also lived, an area previously searched by authorities. the attorney told nbc news charles bothuellhed his son to lose weight when he moved in with his family two years ago, but that he did not tie a lack of exercise to punishment. officials are investigating whether charlie suffered physical and emotional abuse at home. >> based on what i've been seen and what i've been told, the father loved this child more than anything. >> reporter: we have previously reported that charlie was perhaps afraid he was going to be punished for not finishing a daily exercise. i asked the lawyer about that. the lawyer says the father recently had a conversation with his son saying because he was starting a business, he was not going to be able to continue to home school him and that the son was going to have to go back into public school or even into a military academy and apparently he did not take that very well. that's the very latest here in detroit. t.j., now back to you. >> nbc's ron mott in detroit. thank you so much. >>> 45 years ago today, the stone wall riots sparked the gay rights movement.

his name is charlie bothuell and police are not allowing the boy to speak to his father or stepmother was taken from the home as part of the investigation. the stepmother has been arrested for a probation violation. unrelated to the case. and two young children who lived at the house were removed and placed with protective services. >>> heavy rains and flooding have combined to close off on a minnesota town to the general public. residents of lakeland, minnesota, are allowed in by foot or atv. most of their parents are filled with water and sand. in st. paul, the mississippi crested yesterday at levels not seen since 2001. now they're worried the strong winds this weekend will bring down trees loosened by those floodwaters. >>> president obama is promising federal help to flood-stricken communities in minnesota. the president hosted a town hall meeting in the region after being briefed by the governor mark dayton about the extent of the damage. george stephanopoulos traveled with the president. in an exclusive interview, the president had a message for the immigrants sending their chi

his stepmother now in custody on unrelated gun charges. 12-year-old charlie bothuell said she helped>> i didn't know he was in the basement. i searched, my wife searched. we've had dozens of police officers, f.b.i. agents here, dogs. we've all interning for my son. >>> this as police remove a bloody pvc pipe from the house that the father says he uses to discipline his son. detroit police are still investigating, but charlie iv could face abuse charges in the next few days. we will have much more on this and a live report from detroit coming up at 7:30. >>> one of the suspected ring leaders of the benghazi terrorist attack that killed four americans expected to arrive in the u.s. this weekend. abu kata will was company duringed june 15 and taken aboard the uss new york. the navy taking its time getting here so investigators can grill him before he lawyers up in washington, d.c charges have been filed in dc district court, despite calls for him to be tried at gitmo as an enemy combatant. >>> and check this out. this is what i'm proud of as a naval aviator 'cause marine pilots are navy

reporter: christi, victor, there are still no charges in this case, but the 12-year-old boy, are charlie bothuell telling them more about where he was during the 11 days he was missing and what happened to him. charles bothuell, tight-lipped -- >> i can't, i've got to listen to attorneys. >> reporter: barred about how his body ended up barricaded in the basement. >> if you could talk to your son, what would you say to him? >> no comment. >> reporter: but the father's attorney is defending him, saying 12-year-old charlie was a troubled kid, becoming particularly upset, after he learned he would no longer be home-schooled. troubled, ow? >> he'd been failing in school, been kicked out of a couple of schools, and he told his son, charlie, the responsibility is now going to be you. you're going to have to go to school like everybody else, and if uh dwroent go to school and the public school, i'm going to have to send you to a military academy. >> reporter: attorney mark magnetson says she doesn't know where charlie spent 11 days or how he ended up in the basement. as for the couple at the center, a gr

his name is charlie bothuell. anyway, so, his dad went on "nancy grace" to talk about it.n the basement. so, let's watch the reaction on tv. >> charlie, we are getting reports that your son has been found in your basement. sir? mr. bothuell, are you -- >> what? >> how could your son be alive in your basement? [ bleep ] >> i have no idea. >> sir, did you check your basement? >> i checked my basement, the fbi checked my basement, the detroit police checked my basement, my wife checked my basement. i've been down there several times. we've all been checking. >> it is a mystery, because he's right, the fbi with cadaver dogs -- >> that's right. >> -- went down and sniffed around. so, the question is, i mean, often we see parents who are in this kind of situation, and we've all seen a million "dateline" stories, where you wonder who really did it. in my opinion, and i don't know anything other than what we're seeing now, he seemed genuinely shocked on the air to me. >> here's the question, how is it that nancy grace gets notified -- >> before, i know. >> -- before the parents, s

charles bothuell reported his 12-year-old son charlie missing back on june 14th.ce say they found him yesterday near a back room in a basement hidden behind boxes confined by a 50-gallon barrel drum blocking him. his father appeared to find out that his son was alive on "nancy grace" last night. >> we are getting reports that your son has been found in your basement. sir? mr. bothuell, are you -- >> what? >> speaking afterward with reporters, charles bothuell adamant that he had nothing to do with his son's disappearance and he became emotional. >> thought my son was dead, man. >> do you know where he is? >> no, i don't. they wouldn't let my wife in the house. my son -- >> eric lawrence from the detroit free press has been covering the story from the beginning. do we know any more about how the boy was found yesterday? is there any way he could have built this space in the basement to hide any of that? >> police are saying he would have had help. what i was told this morning was that police believe he was in another location during the prior searches because polic

. >> charlie, we are getting reports that your son has been found in your basement. sir? mr. bothuellsement. >> what? >> yes, if you can hand me that wire very quickly, we're getting that right now from -- how could your son be alive in your basement? >> oh [ bleep ]. i -- i have no idea. i -- >> now this is just a report that we are hearing out of detroit that we're trying to confirm. sir, did you check your basement? >> i checked my basement, the fbi checked my basement, the detroit police checked my basement, my wife checked my basement, i've been down there several times. we've all been checking. how -- >> okay, this is what we are hearing that the missing 12-year-old boy has been found alive and well in his father's basement. now, this is what i don't understand why you guys would have reported he's missing and all our viewers have been on the lookout for him. >> we've been on the lookout for him. we searched that entire house repeatedly. the fbi searched. detroit police searched. we've all searched. god, they brought dogs, everything, everybody has searched. what -- oh, god, my

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>> i'm breaking a no-comment rule, but in t phone imeporter: 24 bothuell learned charlie was alive when told him live on tv. >> we're getting reports that your son has been found in your basement. sir? mr. bothuell, are you -- >> what? your basement?on be alive >> i -- i have -- i have no idea. reporiscovered ehivi anho ear searches revealed blood tr leadi police to blooe yohaoulde danger. >> the police came i was here one day. it was all over the house. >> reporter: police found the 12-year-old in the family's basement similar in layout and size to a neighbor's basement shown here. police say charlie was crouched down in a two foot by four foot storage room concealed behind stacks of boxes and a plastic drum. there was a palette and bedding along with food and drink inside the small space. late thursday police arrested n eboy's s f unrelated weapons charges. her two young children were removed from the home where charlie lived with his father. now, we understand police are close to forwarding their case file over to the office. that could happen today or tomorrow. that could mean crimi

when police found charlie boffo-12 year-old--bothuell he did not appear to be a captive. he had been missing for 11 days before police found him after a fourth search and the basement of his father's home behind a barricade. >>: boffo is an all-out have any contact with his son during the investigation which investigators say is standard operating procedure. his wife charlie stepmother was arrested on an unrelated warrants 3 depravation five violations stemming from a previous weapons charge. chopper effective services to the couple's other to year-old children. a tomato growing 4 year-old boy into custody thursday. charlie met with a child psychologist before for soccer with police. fees not stay with his mother on the treaty side. police said they have a robot child abuse but they have filed in these charges to that effect either. i'm interested to reporting. benefit was virginia man is behind bars accused of planning to detonate a homemade explosive device meant to kill adults and children. 20 year-old lake barnes was arrested at his grandmother's home inside that home