Bryon Anthony McCane II was born in
Columbus, Ohio. In 1980, 4-year-old Bryon and his two sisters were abducted and held captive for over two years by his stepfather. Both his sisters were natural children of Bryon's stepfather. The children were put into the back seat of a car and driven away while their mother was at work. He says that at first, he did not know he had been kidnapped and was made to believe that his mother and grandmother were dead. During the time he was abducted he lived in many homes, apartments, cars, and motels, all in Northern Oklahoma. He was often beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. In 1983, the "family" had been living on the
Kaw Indian Reservation in
Kaw, Oklahoma for about a year-and-a-half. A babysitter saw his photo at the end of the made-for-TV movie
Adam about the producer and creator of
America's Most Wanted,
John Walsh's son's abduction, and called the police, resulting in his return to his family.
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