6-Year-Old Boy Abducted from California Park Found Living as a Grandfather on East Coast 70 Years Later
Mar. 15, 2025A California man has been reunited with his family more than seven decades after he was abducted as a child.
“It was the best possible outcome the Oakland Police Department (OPD) could hope for, as this is what our officers are dedicated to and strive for in every Missing Persons case,” the authorities told PEOPLE in a statement.
“On March 18, 2024, a woman contacted OPD’s Missing Persons Unit regarding the possible location and identity of her uncle, Luis Albino, who had been missing for more than 70 years. The woman told our investigators that her online DNA test results matched an individual believed to be her uncle, who was kidnapped in 1951,” added the OPD.
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After Albino disappeared local authorities launched a major search operation in coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard and soldiers from a local army base, the OPD added to PEOPLE.
The first sign Albino may have been alive came after Alequin’ took an online DNA test “for fun” in 2020 and it showed a 22% match for a man as her uncle, reportedKTUV. In February, she searched again and cross-referenced this with some oldOakland Tribunearticles about Albino — including a photograph — that she found at the library. She then contacted the police and the missing persons case was opened.
“In my heart I knew it was him, and when I got the confirmation, I let out a big ‘YES!'” she said, per the Mercury News.
“We didn’t start crying until after the investigators left,” Alequin added. “I grabbed my mom’s hands and said, ‘We found him.’ I was ecstatic.”
This case remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the OPD Missing Persons Unit at 510-238-3641.
source: people.com
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