Police in Connecticut have located Andrea Reyes, a woman who disappeared 25 years ago at the age of two.
According to Fox News, Reyes was abducted in October 1999 by her non-custodial mother, Rosa Tenorio, who took her to Mexico. While Mexican authorities identified them in 2000, they did not intervene to return Reyes to her father.
The case was reopened in 2023 when Andrea reached out to the man she believed was her father. Detective Kealyn Nivakoff of the New Haven Police Department led the investigation, working with forensic genealogy firm Othram to confirm a DNA match between Andrea and her father.
Andrea’s stepmother expressed gratitude, saying, “After 25 years, God has answered our prayers and blessed us with a chance to know her again.”
Police revealed that Andrea’s father had made multiple trips to Mexico over the years searching for her. The family thanked law enforcement and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) for their efforts.
NCMEC reports that family abductions are the second most common type of child abduction in the U.S.
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