Missouri man was missing in Syria for months, will stay despite pleas to return

A Missouri man has been located in Syria after being imprisoned for months, and now his family is pleading for him to come home.

Pete Travis Timmerman — who goes by Travis — was found outside the Syrian capital Thursday.

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Reporters found him walking barefoot and free from imprisonment after the overthrow of Syria’s president over the weekend.

But his family says they didn’t even know he was in Syria…

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