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Post by lucyg on Sept 20, 2024 23:47:40 GMT
1951 kidnapping victim, 6yo boy, finally found and reunited with familyThis story is just so heartwarming. I grew up in Oakland and my late DH was a police officer there for 20 years, so this is my stomping ground. This man’s mother died in 2005, still hopeful he would be found eventually … too late for her, but at least his siblings lived to see him again. This should be a gift link … let me know if any problems with it. P.S. Harry Harris, who wrote the story for the San Jose Mercury News, has covered the police beat in Oakland for over 50 years now. 
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 21, 2024 0:24:26 GMT
So glad he was able to ease his brother's mind... Great story..
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Post by Why on Sept 21, 2024 2:24:11 GMT
So happy to hear they were able to fill in the gap in their hearts.
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Post by MorellisCupcake on Sept 21, 2024 4:34:15 GMT
His poor mother. 🥹 it’s heartbreaking to think what she went through. Over 50 years not knowing.
I’m so happy to hear he was found and brought back to his family.
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Post by hannahruth on Sept 21, 2024 4:34:43 GMT
What a wonderful story - news like this certainly warms the ❤️
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Post by gillyp on Sept 21, 2024 8:43:04 GMT
How remarkable! I have so many questions! I hope he had a good life.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Sept 21, 2024 11:11:38 GMT
That’s heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. Like was already said, I have so many questions.
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Post by pilcas on Sept 21, 2024 11:22:18 GMT
Nice story.
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Post by melanell on Sept 21, 2024 11:58:35 GMT
Wow. That's amazing. I'm so pleased for his siblings.
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Post by lisaknits on Sept 21, 2024 12:37:28 GMT
What an amazing story!
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Post by Lexica on Sept 21, 2024 13:53:16 GMT
This is incredible! I am thrilled for the family members, especially the brother that was at the park with him. I hope the woman that took him and the people that raised him, even though it appears they were good to him, all rot for eternity for what they put his poor mother through.
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Post by Linda on Sept 21, 2024 14:33:13 GMT
wow - so glad that his brother got that closure before he passed - sad his mother wasn't able to. Lexica - it's possible that the people who raised him didn't know the backstory - there have been many stories about adoptions that involved baby stealing at the adoption broker/agency level but the adoptive parents side of things was above board and they had no idea their child wasn't legally released for adoption. |
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Post by lucyg on Sept 21, 2024 15:40:10 GMT
i just want to point out that the victim hasn’t been willing to talk to the press. I imagine he has lots of trauma from the abduction and his childhood afterwards. The fact that it was a man who adopted him (no mention of any other family) concerns me.
It’s heartwarming that he was reunited with his family after all this time, but I can’t help but think his life has probably been very hard.
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Post by flanz on Sept 21, 2024 18:29:15 GMT
thanks for sharing, Lucy! I'm so glad they were reunited... and of course, wish it had happened decades earlier!
His poor mom...
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Post by librarylady on Sept 21, 2024 18:59:33 GMT
wow - so glad that his brother got that closure before he passed - sad his mother wasn't able to. Lexica - it's possible that the people who raised him didn't know the backstory - there have been many stories about adoptions that involved baby stealing at the adoption broker/agency level but the adoptive parents side of things was above board and they had no idea their child wasn't legally released for adoption. He was 6, so the person/persons knew what happened was not a legal adoption.
ETA: At 6, the boy probably cried and wanted his parents for a l-o-n-g time.
A story from my family that I will try to make short. My cousin lived with us from very young until he was about 5. His mother remarried and could then take care of him. She moved from Texas to Maine and took her son. When he was an adult he told my mother how he had run away from home several times to try to get back to what he considered his mother. Finally his mother showed him on a map that it was impossible. The cruel thing was that his mother and step father would come back to Texas and visit but never allowed him to come with him. I am sure his mother was afraid the crying and running away would begin again. When that cousin was 18 he came to Texas and saw my parents. It was an emotional time for him and my mother. (my father had died by the time he came.)
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Post by gizzy on Sept 21, 2024 23:21:26 GMT
I'm glad him and his brother got to be reunited before the brother passed. Such a sad story.
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Post by kluski on Sept 22, 2024 2:41:22 GMT
i just want to point out that the victim hasn’t been willing to talk to the press. I imagine he has lots of trauma from the abduction and his childhood afterwards. The fact that it was a man who adopted him (no mention of any other family) concerns me. It’s heartwarming that he was reunited with his family after all this time, but I can’t help but think his life has probably been very hard. Where did you read that? In the second paragraph, it states he was raised by a couple as if he were their own? |
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Post by lucyg on Sept 22, 2024 5:58:16 GMT
i just want to point out that the victim hasn’t been willing to talk to the press. I imagine he has lots of trauma from the abduction and his childhood afterwards. The fact that it was a man who adopted him (no mention of any other family) concerns me. It’s heartwarming that he was reunited with his family after all this time, but I can’t help but think his life has probably been very hard. Where did you read that? In the second paragraph, it states he was raised by a couple as if he were their own? hmm, interesting. Originally the story said “a man.” It’s been revised to say “a couple” now. Well, that sounds far more preferable, anyway. Thanks for pointing out the update. I wouldn’t have noticed otherwise. |
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