New Delhi: A toddler, who was kidnapped by her private non-custodial mother in 1999, has been found alive in Mexico, authorities talked about. Andrea Michelle Reyes, now 27, was allegedly kidnapped by her mother, Rosa Tenorio, from her residence in New Haven, Connecticut. Ms Reyes was 23 months earlier on the time.
Now, 25 years later, authorities, after DNA testing, confirmed Ms Reyes was alive. The girl’s id was confirmed after “Speedy Relationship Testing” was carried out using her father’s DNA, forensic genealogy company Othram said.
Whereas Ms Reyes’ family on a regular basis believed she was in Mexico, they could not at all uncover her. That’s no matter her father repeatedly travelling to the nation looking out for her.
Ms Tenorio, the mother, took Ms Reyes to Puebla, a metropolis southeast of Mexico Metropolis, nonetheless they’ve been not at all located, officers reported.
A felony warrant for custodial interference was issued for Ms Tenorio, Othram talked about in a launch.
Plenty of age improvement footage of Ms Reyes have been launched by the authorities. One different authorized warrant was issued in 2009, in step with the Nationwide Missing and Unidentified People System.
The New Haven Police Division moreover claimed that an FBI probe was abandoned until it was re-examined in 2023.
When a woman claiming to be Ms Reyes obtained in touch with the individual she thought was her father, detective Kealyn Nivakoff located her in Puebla.
The comparability verified “that the woman who reached out is, in actuality, the virtually two-year-old woman kidnapped in October of 1999,” Othram reported.
Whereas Ms Reyes continues to reside in Mexico, her mother’s arrest warrant continues to be pending inside the US. It isn’t acknowledged whether or not or not she reunited alongside together with her father.
This was the seventh event in Connecticut the place authorities have acknowledged a person using superior DNA testing.