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A Sugar Land man missing since Dec. 26 has been found safe, reunited with his family and is in good health.

Barbara Gibson, spokeswoman for volunteer search-and-rescue organization Texas EquuSearch, confirmed late Sunday afternoon that 38-year-old Charles Hoover has been found and is in good shape.

“He is home and they are thrilled,” Gibson said of Hoover’s family.

Dina Hoover, who spearheaded the search for her brother, could not immediately be reached for comment. Police working the case were not available and Gibson said her office had no further details.

Police and EquuSearch volunteers had been searching for Charles Hoover for six days.

Hoover, who lives with his parents on Mosby Drive in Sugar Land, was at one of his sisters’ homes at about 1 p.m. on Dec. 26, and told family members he was driving to a Wal-Mart store to buy a TV.

He got into a car, drove toward the store and was never heard from again until today.

On Friday afternoon, Dina Hoover was searching with Sugar Land Police around an apartment complex in the 1800 block of Austin Parkway for Charles Hoover’s cell phone. She said she’d hired a company that “pinged” the phone, allowing police to trace its location.

At that time, Dina Hoover believed her brother had been abducted, adding “He had $700 in cash and the car was loaded with Christmas presents. He took the car and no one has seen him since. No money was taken out of his account, his Easy Tag wasn’t used.”

A source involved in the search said Sunday morning, “it appears they’re closing in on him. They’ve had some sightings.” People involved in the search declined to elaborate on who had seen Charles Hoover or where he’d been spotted.

Hoover’s family had offered a $3,000 reward for information leading to his recovery.

Barbara Gibson, spokeswoman for volunteer search-and-rescue organization Texas EquuSearch, confirmed late Sunday afternoon that 38-year-old Charles Hoover has been found and is in good shape.

“He is home and they are thrilled,” Gibson said of Hoover’s family.

Dina Hoover, who spearheaded the search for her brother, could not immediately be reached for comment. Police working the case were not available and Gibson said her office had no further details.

Police and EquuSearch volunteers had been searching for Charles Hoover for six days.