{"id":2344910,"date":"2024-09-23T15:05:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T19:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-was-kidnapped-as-a-young-boy-found-alive-73-years-later\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T15:07:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T19:07:27","slug":"man-who-was-kidnapped-as-a-young-boy-found-alive-73-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-was-kidnapped-as-a-young-boy-found-alive-73-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Who Was Kidnapped as a Young Boy Found Alive 73 Years Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-who-was-kidnapped-as-a-young-boy-found-alive-73-years-later%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2344910&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In \u200ca remarkable story \u200dof reunion, Luis Armando Albino, who vanished at the age of six\u200d from a park in\u200d Oakland, California, in 1951, was\u2064 recently found \u2062alive\u200d after being missing for 70 years. On February 21, 1951,\u2064 Albino was lured away by a woman with the promise of candy. His disappearance\u200d left a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/8-hollywood-celebrities-who-actually-back-the-blue\/\" title=\"8 Hollywood Celebrities Who Actually Back The Blue\">profound impact<\/a> on\u2063 his family, especially \u2063his brother Roger, who maintained that a woman was responsible. <\/p>\n<p>Throughout the years, Albino was raised by a couple who never informed him of his abduction. The breakthrough in the case came when Albino&#8217;s niece, Alida Alequin, used DNA testing\u2063 to identify him\u200d as a match\u200c with \u2063a man living on the East Coast. Despite initial difficulties in making contact, Alequin persisted, aided by police and the FBI, motivated\u200b by her\u200c determination to reunite the family.<\/p>\n<p>In a heartfelt reunion in June 2024, after 70 \u200dyears, the two\u200b brothers embraced, shared tears,\u200d and exchanged stories about their lives, including their\u2062 military service. Albino\u2062 expressed gratitude for being found, offering a kiss to Alequin. The emotional journey highlights resilience and hope, \u200dwith Alequin inspiring others\u200b not to give up\u2064 on finding missing loved ones.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A man who went missing as a child in 1951 has been found the width of a continent from where he was taken.<\/p>\n<p>Luis Armando Albino was 6 when he disappeared from an Oakland, California, park on Feb. 21, 1951.<\/p>\n<p>His brother Roger told police that a woman promised his brother candy, and he went with her.<\/p>\n<p>On that fateful day, a woman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-make-disturbing-discovery-inside-storage-unit-now-rushing-find-two-missing-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lured<\/a> Albino from the park, promising the boy in Spanish that she would buy him candy.<\/p>\n<p>Alida Alequin, 63, never got over her uncle&rsquo;s disappearance and eventually tracked him down with the help of a DNA test that showed a match with an East Coast man who later proved to be Albino, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/6-year-old-boy-kidnapped-from-oakland-found-alive-70-years-later\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTVU-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Albino did not respond to attempts to contact him then, but Alequin persevered with some help from the police and the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was always determined to find him, and who knows, with my story out there, it could help other families going through the same thing,&rdquo; Alequin said. &ldquo;I would say, don&rsquo;t give up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LuisArmandoAlbino?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LuisArmandoAlbino<\/a> is alive.<\/p>\n<p>70 years ago, at only 6YO old, Luis was lured with the promise of candy by a woman who abducted him.<\/p>\n<p>A couple ended up raising him as their own.<\/p>\n<p>He became a marine and a firefighter.<\/p>\n<p>After all these decades, Luis was reunited with his brother.<\/p>\n<p>I&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sSkQtTjnB9\">pic.twitter.com\/sSkQtTjnB9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jennifer Coffindaffer (@CoffindafferFBI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoffindafferFBI\/status\/1838030315027145174?\">September 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pictures emerged that made her realize there was a relative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/massive-law-enforcement-operation-leads-rescue-121-trafficked-missing-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">out there<\/a> she needed to find.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My daughter found a lot of pictures of this man, and we started comparing. The resemblance was so strong; how much he looked like my other uncles. And then another picture where he looked so much like my grandmother, that one gave me chills, and I said &lsquo;there&rsquo;s something here,&#8217;&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said her grandmother died in 2005 still hoping to find Albino.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think she&rsquo;s happy, honestly, she was there guiding me too,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just the way everything worked out, it&rsquo;s unbelievable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On June 24, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-final-farewell-to-zero-covid-china-reopens-its-borders\/\" title=\"In Final Farewell to Zero-COVID, China Reopens Its Borders\">long-awaited reunion<\/a> took place as Luis Albino met his relatives in a brief visit<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t start crying until after the investigators left,&rdquo; Alequin said. &ldquo;I grabbed my mom&rsquo;s hands and said, &lsquo;We found him.&rsquo; I was ecstatic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Albino &ldquo;hugged me really tight and said, &lsquo;Thank you for finding me&rsquo; and gave me a kiss on the cheek,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was just hugs and tears, lots of hugs and tears&hellip; It was nice,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Child kidnapped found 70 years later alive | KTVU\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tx2KZ1pR5V4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Later, he spent time in July with his brother, Roger.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They grabbed each other and had a really tight, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/toast-of-the-town-will-smith-parties-after-chris-rock-slap-in-oscars-victory-lap-its-been-a-beautiful-night\/\" title=\"Toast of the Town: Will Smith Parties After Chris Rock Slap in Oscars Victory Lap -- &#039;It\u2019s Been a Beautiful Night&#039;\">long hug<\/a>. They sat down and just talked,&rdquo; she said, discussing the day of the kidnapping, their military service &ldquo;and more,&rdquo; she said of the moment the brothers met.<\/p>\n<p>Roger had briefly been a suspect in his brother&rsquo;s disappearance but never wavered from telling police a woman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/feds-arrest-100-gang-members-rescue-5-missing-children-weeks-long-operation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took his brother<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Luis Armando Albino was just six years old when he disappeared from a park in Oakland, California, on February 21, 1951. His brother Roger reported to the authorities that a woman had lured Luis away with the promise of candy. On that tragic day, a woman enticed Albino from the park by assuring him in Spanish that she would buy him sweets. Alida Alequin, now 63 years old, never forgot her uncle&#8217;s disappearance and eventually found him through DNA testing that matched him with a man living on the East Coast who turned out to be Albino, as reported by KTVU-TV.<\/p>\n<p>Although Albino did not respond to initial outreach attempts, Alequin persisted with assistance from law enforcement and the FBI. &#8220;I was always determined to find him; who knows\u2014sharing my story might help other families facing similar situations,&#8221; Alequin stated. &#8220;I would tell them not to give up.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Luis Armando Albino is alive today. Seventy years ago at just six years old, he was abducted by a woman promising candy and raised by another couple as their own child. He later became a marine and firefighter before finally reuniting with his brother after all these decades.<\/p>\n<p>Alequin recounted how her daughter discovered numerous pictures of this man which led them to compare features; they noticed striking similarities between him and other family members\u2014especially one photo where he resembled their grandmother so closely it sent chills down her spine. She mentioned that her grandmother passed away in 2005 still hoping for news about Albino: &#8220;I believe she\u2019s happy now; I feel like she guided me throughout this process,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The long-awaited reunion occurred on June 24 when Luis met his relatives for the first time since his abduction: \u201cWe didn\u2019t start crying until after the investigators left,\u201d Alequin recalled emotionally. \u201cI took my mom\u2019s hands and said \u2018We found him.\u2019 I felt overjoyed.\u201d She described how Luis embraced her tightly saying \u201cThank you for finding me\u201d while kissing her cheek amidst tears of joy.<\/p>\n<p>In July, he spent quality time reconnecting with his brother Roger: \u201cThey held each other tightly for an extended hug,\u201d Alequin shared about their meeting where they reminisced about the kidnapping incident along with their military experiences among other topics. Although Roger had briefly been considered a suspect during investigations into his brother&#8217;s disappearance, he consistently maintained that it was indeed a woman who took Luis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2344911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/albino.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3868,39544,4133,41542,7845],"class_list":["post-2344910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-kidnapping","tag-missing-person","tag-news","tag-rescue-story","tag-survival"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/albino.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2344911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}