Boy, 6, abducted from park in 1951 found alive more than 70 years later

A antheral who was abducted arsenic a six-year-old portion playing astatine a California park has been recovered much than 70 years later.

Luis Armando Albino, who was snatched successful 1951, has been recovered acknowledgment to assistance from an online ancestry test, aged photos and paper clippings.

Mr Albino’s niece successful Oakland recovered him surviving connected the East Coast, with assistance from the FBI, police and Justice Department, the Bay Area News Group reported.

He has been reunited with his household aft implicit 70 years.

In February 1951, a pistillate had lured the Peurto Rico-born kid from a West Oakland parkland wherever helium had been playing with his older member and promised successful Spanish that she would bargain him candy, alternatively kidnapping him.

She flew him to the East Coast wherever helium ended up with a mates who raised him arsenic if helium were their ain son, according to the quality group.

Mr Albino remained missing, but was ever successful the hearts of his household and his photograph hung astatine relatives’ houses, his niece Alida Alequin said.

His parent died successful 2005 but ne'er gave up anticipation that her lad was alive.

Mr Albino is present a father, gramps and a retired firefighter and Marine Corps veteran who served successful Vietnam, according to his 63-year-old niece.

In 2020 his niece took an online DNA test “just for fun”. It showed a 22 per cent lucifer with a antheral who yet turned retired to beryllium her uncle. A further hunt astatine the clip yielded nary answers oregon immoderate effect from him, she said.

In aboriginal 2024, she and her daughters began searching again. On a sojourn to the Oakland Public Library, she saw a representation of Mr Albino and his older brother, Roger, connected a microfilm of Tribune articles.

She went to Oakland constabulary the aforesaid time and investigators yet agreed the caller pb was substantial, starring to a caller missing persons lawsuit opening.

Mr Albino was located connected the East Coast and provided a DNA sample, arsenic did his sister, Ms Alequin’s mother.

In June, Albino met his sister, Ms Alequin and different relatives successful Oakland with the assistance of the FBI.

“We didn’t commencement crying until aft the investigators left,” Ms Alequin said successful an interview.

“I grabbed my mum’s hands and said, ‘We recovered him.’ I was ecstatic.

“They grabbed each different and had a truly tight, agelong hug. They sat down and conscionable talked.”

She besides recounted the infinitesimal her uncle “hugged maine and said, ‘Thank you for uncovering me’ and gave maine a buss connected the cheek”.

She added: “I was ever determined to find him, and who knows, with my communicative retired there, it could assistance different families going done the aforesaid thing. I would say, don’t springiness up.”

Ms Alequin said her uncle did not privation to speech to the media.

The past clip helium returned to the East Coast was successful July for a three-week visit. It was the past clip helium saw Roger, who died successful August.

Oakland constabulary acknowledged that Ms Alequin’s efforts “played an integral relation successful uncovering her uncle” and that “the result of this communicative is what we strive for.”

They said past week that the missing persons lawsuit is closed, but they and the FBI see the kidnapping a still-open investigation.