Missing 8-year-old boy last seen at hotel near Hobby Airport found safe

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Monday, May 14, 2018
Missing 8-year-old boy found safe
Missing 8-year-old boy found safe in Houston.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A missing 8-year-old boy last seen running out of his mother's room at a hotel near Hobby Airport has been found, according to police.

The boy was found near the hotel at 8800 Airport Blvd. around 9:45 p.m. Sunday.

According to the mom, her son, Canelius Payne, had gotten in trouble, and she told him she would talk to him about it when she woke up.

When she woke up around 3:45 p.m., she said the boy ran out of the room.

The boy was reunited with his mother.