Chinese teenager found alive in Utah woods after ‘cyber-kidnapping scam’

Exchange student Kai Zhuang, 17, discovered in tent by police days after being reported missing

A Chinese exchange student who fell victim to a cyber-kidnapping" scam, in which his parents were extorted for $80,000, was found alive but cold and scared" in a tent in the Utah wilderness, police said.

Kai Zhuang, 17, was reported missing on Thursday after his parents in China told officials at his host high school in Riverdale, Utah, that he appeared to have been kidnapped and a ransom had been demanded.