The brother and sister should be reunited soon.
A Californian who had disappeared without a trace 25 years ago was found alive more than 500 miles away this weekend, thanks in large part to his sister who never stopped looking for him. The man, whose name was withheld for privacy reasons, was located at a Los Angeles County hospital after his family reported him missing in 1999 in Doyle, California, reports CBS News. The man, now aged around sixty, is said to have disappeared from of his own free willaccording to ABC News.
The sister “super excited” to find her brother
Kennemore then alerted the Los Angeles Police Department and the missing persons unit who joined the investigation. An LAPD detective went to the hospital and took fingerprints from the unknown patient. These matched those of Doyle’s man, who disappeared in 1999. So Kennemore called the man’s sister to tell her that after more than two decades, his brother had finally been found safe and sound. The brother and sister should be reunited soon.
The sister was “super excited” to find his brother, Capt. Mike Carney of the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office told ABC News. “She was very grateful that we took the time to follow up. She was over the moon and couldn’t wait to call other family members to let them know.” The reunion “will make their Thanksgiving even better”he added, calling the story “perfect example” about why families should maintain hope in missing persons cases.
Caren Bohan, editor-in-chief ofUSA Todaytold the newspaper The State that this uplifting story was “the epitome of service journalism and reaffirms our mission to enrich the communities we serve.”
