Brazilian Professor Found After 5 Years Declines to Return Home

Overview

• Felipe Morina Ribeiro, located Tuesday walking along the Washington Luís highway near Matão and Taquaritinga, reunited with relatives at a highway police base in Araraquara.
• After the reunion, he told officers he would not live with his family and intends to keep living on the street, with his next steps and location still unclear.
• Highway police identified him by checking his ID against a missing-person report filed in 2020 and then contacted his family in Osasco.
• Officers said he seemed confused from heat and a long walk and gave him water, food, and shelter at the Araraquara base, where he said he had traveled across the country and felt well.
• Police called such highway matches rare and urged people to file missing-person reports and call 190 when they see someone at risk on a roadway.