Published 1 year ago

Missing Fort Worth woman says she has reunited with her family -- 51 years later

Summary by Ground News

Melissa Highsmith, who was abducted in Texas 51 years ago, has been reunited with her relatives. Highsmith's family, which has been searching for Melissa for years, opened the results of a 23andme test on Nov. 22 and got a match with Melissa's children — just in time for the holidays.

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BBC News

Missing daughter reunited with family after 51 years

A DNA test and an ancestry website have helped end a family's agonising search for answers.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Texas woman found by family 51 years after being kidnapped as baby

Melissa Highsmith, who family say was abducted in Fort Worth in 1971, located in South Carolina, more than 1,000 miles away

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Melissa Highsmith: Missing woman reunited with family 51 years after being kidnapped by babysitter

A Texas woman has been reunited with her family after being kidnapped 51 years ago by a babysitter when she was just 21 months old.

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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NDTV

US Woman, Kidnapped As A Baby, Reunited With Family After 51 Years

DNA test results, Melissa's birthmark and her birthday helped the family prove that she was the had been kidnapped from the family 51 years earlier.

1 year ago·New Delhi, India

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Daily Mirror

Woman is found by her family 51 years after being kidnapped as a baby

Melissa Highsmith was just aged one when she disappeared in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1971, after her mum placed an advertisement in a local newspaper looking for a babysitter

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Woman believed to be 1971 kidnap victim reunites with family

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A woman who family members believe was the toddler kidnapped by a babysitter 51 years ago has been reunited with her family in Texas, in a meeting filled with long-overdue hugs and joyful tears.

1 year ago·United States

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