UPDATE: People Staying at Motel 6 Arrested in Disappearance of Autistic Teen

After a search that two people have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a Worcester man, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.

James Howze, 19, of 37 Harvard Ave., Providence, R.I. and Lara Corey, 22, of 27 Boston Turnpike Road, Westborough, were arrested in Colonie, NY, were arrested on Wednesday night on fugitive from justice charges.

In Massachusetts, Howze faces charges of assault and battery with a deadly
weapon (knife) and larceny of a motor vehicle, and Corey is charged with larceny of a motor vehicle, said the district attorney's office.

The victim, Joseph P. Webster, 19, of 104 Brattle St., Worcester, was reported missing on March 14 by his family. He remains missing.

Webster is mildly autistic and also requires a daily insulin shot, the Worcester Telegram and Gazette reported.

The investigation determined that the two suspects and the victim were together in a room at the Motel 6 on Route 9 in Northborough, said the DA's office. Room 214 of that motel was searched on Tuesday and evidence was seized.

An extensive investigation in Worcester, Northborough and Providence, RI, led seek warrants for the arrest of the suspects.

The suspects were traced to Colonie, a suburb of Albany, NY, on Wednesday night.

While state police detectives were on their way to Upstate New York, Colonie Police located the suspects at a hotel and arrested them.

The District Attorney’s Office is coordinating their rendition to Massachusetts to face the charges in Westborough District Court. The investigation, led by the State Police Detectives assigned to the District Attorney’s Office, is continuing.