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FBI offers $25K reward in 1978 disappearance of Webster boy

The FBI and Webster police seek new leads after nearly 45 years, offering $25,000 to solve the unexplained disappearance of 4-year-old Andrew Amato in 1978.

  • Andrew J. Amato, also known as "Andy", a 3'6" tall, 38-pound Caucasian male with short blonde hair and blue eyes, was reported missing by his mother on Sept. 30, 1978 in Webster, Massachusetts.
  • Amato was last seen wearing a maroon-colored snorkel jacket, jeans, a white Mickey Mouse T-shirt, and brown shoes with a jogger stripe.
  • The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information about Amato's disappearance, as said by Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Boston Division: "No amount of information is too small or irrelevant, and it's never too late to step up and do the right thing.
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WJAR broke the news in on Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
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