Missing Olney teen found in Montana

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) - News 10 has just learned that 16-year-old Chance Salyers of Olney, Illinois is now with his mother Rhonda Morris in Montana.

Morris spoke with News 10 via the phone on Tuesday and said Salyers called her to come pick him up in Kalispell, Montana.

News 10 also spoke with Salyers himself on the phone. He said he was homesick, but that there were other reasons for leaving. He said he didn't want to comment until he talks to his mom about everything.

This comes just a few days after 17-year-old Adam Irwin was caught by police in Kalispell.

Both boys had been living at Pinehaven Children's Christian Ranch in St. Ignatius, Montana for about a year.  It's a ranch for troubled teens.

Irwin and Salyers ran off from a camp site 65 miles north of the ranch on July 15.

News 10 spoke with Irwin's grandfather Douglas Irwin who said the ranch is doing good things for teens. Irwin said Adam claimed he was homesick and that's the reason he left.

"Most of time I thought he was really happy out there, at least his comments sure was," Adam Irwin's grandfather Douglas Irwin said. "In some ways he would like to be back there but in other ways he's very glad to be home."

The other two Wabash Valley teens,14-year-old Cody Thompson of Olney, Illinois and 15 year-old Thom Morson of Terre Haute remain missing. They ran away together from the ranch on July 26.

News 10 asked Chance Salyers if he had seen either boy or knew of their whereabouts.
He said he did look for the boys in Kalispell once he heard they went missing, but never saw them.