California teacher charged with hiding missing teenager for nearly two years

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For nearly two years, a California teacher hid a boy who had been reported missing at age 15, authorities allege.

Sacramento public school teacher Holga Castillo Olivares, 61, is accused of concealing the fact that the teenager was staying at her home despite a report that the boy was missing since the spring of 2020.

The boy’s guardian, Katte Smith, said that on 18 May 2020, the child – 15 at the time – left his family home after a heated argument about house rules. “He felt like the grass was greener on the other side,” Smith said to KCRA, a local news affiliate.

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