TEN. THE BIG STORY AT TEN. A US SOLDIER DETAINED IN NORTH KOREA HAS TIES TO RACINE. IT’S A STORY WE BROKE AT SIX AND ON THE 12 NEWS APP AT THIS HOUR, PRIVATE SECOND CLASS TRAVIS KING IS BEING HELD IN NORTH KOREA. THE US GOVERNMENT SAYS HE CROSSED THE BORDER WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION. 12 NEWS KENDALL KEYS IS LEADING US OFF TONIGHT LIVE IN RACINE AND KENDALL. THAT’S WHERE KING’S MOTHER LIVES, RIGHT, JOYCE CLAUDINE GATES LIVES IN THIS HOUSE. AND SHE TOLD ABC NEWS SHE LAST HEARD FROM HER SON A FEW DAYS AGO WHEN HE SAID HE WOULD SOON BE RETURNING TO HIS BASE IN FORT BLISS, TEXAS. WE TRIED TO SPEAK WITH HER TODAY. GATES DID NOT ANSWER, BUT SHE TOLD ABC NEWS THAT THE ARMY CONTACTED HER TODAY, SAYING HER SON IS NOW DETAINED IN NORTH KOREA. US OFFICIALS SAY KING CROSSED INTO NORTH KOREA SHORTLY AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM A DETENTION FACILITY IN SOUTH KOREA. KING SERVED SOME TIME ON ASSAULT CHARGES AND WAS SUPPOSED TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE AIRPORT TO RETURN TO THE US TO FACE MILITARY DISCIPLINARY ACTION. BUT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS HE CROSSED INTO NORTH KOREA INSTEAD. THE UNITED STATES WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY SAYS SEVERAL AGENCIES ARE NOW WORKING ON THE MATTER. WE BELIEVE THE SOLDIER IS CURRENTLY IN DPRK CUSTODY AND ARE WORKING WITH OUR NORTH KOREAN COUNTERPARTS TO RESOLVE THIS INCIDENT. DOD IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING NEXT OF KIN KING’S MOTHER TOLD ABC NEWS, QUOTE, SHE THOUGHT HER SON HAD TO BE OUT OF HIS MIND, THOUGH SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS. SHE ADDED, I’M SO PROUD OF HIM. I JUST WANT HIM TO COME HOME, COME BACK TO AMERICA, END QUOTE. AND KENDALL, WE SHOULD NOTE THIS IS THE FIRST AMERICAN DETAINED IN NORTH KOREA IN YEARS, RIGHT, JOYCE? IT’S BEEN ABOUT FIVE YEARS. THE LAST ONE WAS