Missing Michigan Teen Found Safe in Miami Thanks to Twitch Live Stream

A 17-year-old Michigan boy who had been missing for about three months has been found safe in Miami, thanks to a chance encounter with someone live streaming on Twitch.

Troy Coleman went missing in May from Mt. Morris Township, Michigan, located about 80 miles northwest of Detroit. Troy did not have his medications for mental health issues, which his brother, Trent, described as schizophrenia.

Last week in Miami, a Twitch content producer known as FaZe Lacy was streaming with a friend known as Clix. During the stream, Lacy focused on a shirtless boy in green trunks mingling with the crowd.

A few days later, Lacy received an email that read: “Hello, my name is Trent Coleman and my missing little brother from Michigan was on Clix and Lacy’s stream in Miami. He is not on drugs, he is schizophrenic. He has been missing for three months and his case was put on homicide in Michigan.”

Lacy assumed the homicide comment meant that police believed Troy was the victim of a homicide. On his X page, Lacy expressed relief that the story seemed to have a happy ending.

“Yesterday on stream he came up to me and Clix and now his family knows he is alive and in Miami. I wasn’t sure if I should make this public but I’m hoping somehow this helps him be found for his family,” Lacy wrote.

The Flint Township Police Department confirmed that the boy seen on the stream is indeed Troy Coleman. On its Facebook page, the department wrote: “A heartfelt THANK YOU to everybody who shared the missing person information about Troy Coleman. He has been found safe in Miami, Florida, and we are working with local authorities to arrange his safe return to Michigan to be with his family.”