Last two missing teens found in Montana

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) - Fourteen-year-old Cody Thompson of Olney, Illinois and 15-year-old Thom Morson of Terre Haute were both found in Missoula, Montana.

Both boys went missing on July 26 in St. Ignatius, Montana at the Pinehaven Children's Christian Ranch for troubled teens.

Thompson and Morson were found after Thompson's mother Laraine Cornwell put flyers of her missing son in Montana. Cornwell told News 10 her prayers were answered when someone recognized his picture.

"I got a call from a lady later that morning and she said I know where your son is," Laraine Cornwell said.

Cody Thompson now sits with his mother, happy to be back home in Olney, Illinois. However, he said when he and Thom took off from Pinehaven ranch he was feeling very differently.

"That day, we were pretty depressed," Cody Thompson said.

Thompson and Morson ran away just 10 days after two other teens 16-year-old Chance Salyers of Olney, Illinois and 17-year-old Adam Irvin ran of Normal, Illinois way from a church camp about 65 miles north of the ranch on July 15. Salyers and Irvin were found in Kalispell, Montana last week.

What made Thompson run away?

Ever since News 10 aired the story about 4 Wabash Valley boys leaving Pinehaven, allegations of child abuse came into our newsroom and on social networking sites.

Thompson said he was never physically abused and never witnessed it, but he did hear about it.

"I heard about a bunch of stories about house kids having fist fights with their house parents," Thompson said. "As he was telling me, my house brothers tell me they saw it."

As for Thompson, he said Pinehaven was hard work, but it was more emotionall draining.

"It was hard because everyday I had to wake up and call someone else mom and dad," Thompson said. "I was told to call them mom and dad, I didn't have a choice, it was depressing."

Thompson said he did learn things from Pinehaven.

"I learned how to be respectful, and treat people right and change my ways and learn about God," Thompson said.

Thompson goes to court on Friday for violating probation. According to his mother, staying at Pinehaven was part of his court order.

His mother, Laraine said she wants to see that Pinehaven is regulated by the state.

According to Montana state law, alternative schools with a religious affiliate, like Pinehaven, are not monitored by the state.

As of right now, News 10 has been told none of the boys will return to the ranch.

To read a letter from Thom Morson's grandfather about Pinehaven, click here.