Detroit— The families of two missing teenagers will resume their search for them Wednesday afternoon, hopefully with help from hundreds of volunteers.
Westland residents Jacob Kudla, 18, and his buddy, Jourdan Bobbish, 17, have been missing since Sunday night when they headed to a relative’s home on the east side of Detroit.
The boys haven’t been seen or heard from since, but police did find Kudla’s abandoned and vandalized 2001 Chevrolet Cavalier near an abandoned apartment building on the west side of Detroit.
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“We don’t have any new news, but I am determined that we are going to find our boys today,” said Virgie Kudla, Jacob’s mother. “Yesterday, I was desperate; today, I am determined.”
Items were taken from the car and were traced to two people inside the abandoned building, whom police arrested, Virgie Kudla said police told her.
“Right now we’re still trying to determine whether a crime was committed,” DPD spokeswoman Yvette Walker said.
It wasn’t immediately clear if they were being linked to the disappearances.
As time passes, families of both friends say they fear the worst.
“I have a lot of thoughts flying … some you don’t want to think about,” said Mike Bobbish, Jourdan’s father. “There are a million thoughts.”
Kudla said members of both families will continue to search the area around Beechwood and Linsdale streets — where Jacob’s car was found — starting at about noon Wednesday.
“We’re waiting for clearance from the Detroit Police Department so members of the Detroit 300 coalition can join us,” Kudla said.
Jacob Kudla is a student at Schoolcraft College while Jourdan Bobbish attends Churchill High School in Livonia. According to Virgie Kudla, the boys have known each other for about five years.
“Both are good boys who haven’t been in trouble,” Virgie Kudla said. “Not like some the kids you read about. Jacob is a boy who always comes home at night and has never not kept in touch with me.”
On Monday, Virgie Kudla filed a missing persons report in Westland and a second report to Detroit police on Tuesday.
Westland police consider the case to belong to the DPD since the missing boys were last seen at an uncle’s house in the city and the vandalized car was also found there.
Family members canvassed neighborhoods in Detroit on Tuesday, passing out flyers and talking to residents.
“The community that lives in the area where the car was found have cooperated beyond our expectations,” Virgie Kudla said. “We have been absolutely astonished at the outpouring of car and support from the neighborhood. It’s been wonderful and we are grateful.”
