A toddler that was kidnapped from New Haven greater than 25 years in the past in the past has been present in Mexico.
Investigators stated 23-month-old Andrea Michelle Reyes was kidnapped from her dwelling in New Haven by her non-custodial mother or father in October 1999. The kid was reportedly taken to Puebla, Mexico, the place she and her mother have lived for the previous 25 years.
After the kidnapping, New Haven Police Division started investigating and a felony warrant was issued for custodial interference for Reyes’ mother.
Reyes’ father continued trying to find her through the years, however by no means heard from her or her mom. Age progressed images had been created and particulars of Reyes’ lacking particular person case had been entered into the Nationwide Lacking and Unidentified Individuals System.
In 2023, New Haven Police Division started to reinvestigate the case and Reyes made contact together with her father. A forensic laboratory in Texas was capable of consider a possible familial relationship.
Reyes offered a DNA pattern and it was in comparison with her father’s, which confirmed a father/daughter relationship, police stated.
Police stated Reyes is now 27 years previous and resides in Mexico.
