we are hearing reports that his stepmom was keeping him in the basement. this is coming from documents obtained by the detroit free press. 12-year-old charlie was missing for days. his dad was going door-to-door looking for his son and the dad comes on our sister network hln for this interview with nancy grace and then this happened. >> charlie, we're getting reports that your son has been found in your basement. sir? mr. bothel, are you -- >> what? >> yeah. we are getting reports that your son has been found alive. >> so that was that interview from a couple of nights ago. remember that bloody pvc pipe that was found in the home that police removed?