basically the worst the a loving parent can experience, outliving their kid. but not even knowing...how awful. peace and strength to the whole family ❤
I can’t imagine my child being taken from me, it physically hurts to imagine it, I am so happy for him and his family, but what a sad story, he looked just like his bio mom. She never found out what happened to him. A woman kidnapped him-I tell my children that you can’t tell whether someone is good or bad just by appearances, gender, class, cleanliness, whether they are a woman or have children with them, etc. instead of looking at it like someone could be good or bad, they can just be tricky and don’t trust anyone unless they got the password.
I can't even imagine. That child's life was stolen. The future that the entire family would have had us irrevocably broken and the parent's loss is beyond words
@@itchysheets1222 you know, he would have, I imagine, on an instinctual level, never been able to fully trust the family who raised him because, deep down, he knew his memories weren't false. How horrible for all involved
@@cwavt8849 reminds me of that show Fringe, where the scientist’s son died and he, in a nutshell, went to another dimension and to try to help that version of his son before he died but something happened and he had to take his son from himself and his wife in the other dimension, and wasn’t able or willing to return him….and raised him as his own, but he was pretty old, like 6 or 8 or something, and he knew those weren’t his parents, but they had to gaslight him for lack of a better word, eventually he had to accept it to stay sane. But he got the cure and got to live….a lie.
I am literally crying my eyes out 😢 this is so wonderful. Luis doesn't know his old family and that's very sad, but from the sound of it he at least had a good life. Thank You for sharing this heart felt story
Terrible! No charges against anyone? Yes, even if they died, just for the record. And at 6, wouldn't he recall his real mother? I am furious about this. Any follow up story would be greatly appreciated.
I agree, how horrible, and selfish of that woman who kidnaped him. He was probably brainwashed about the whole ordeal, and just accepted what had happened to him, and six years of age is still really young.
A dead person can’t be charged. That would amount to time, resources, and money not well spent. I’d be interested in hearing about the kidnapping and adjustment to a new family. But, sounds like he just wants privacy. Glad he was able to see his brother again before he died. Traumatic for the whole family.
Yes there’s lots of questions because a 6 year old could’ve articulated that he was kidnapped and be aware that the people that he lived with were not his biological parents. I wonder why he never went to look for his family. He definitely won’t be pressing charges on his adoptive parents for some reason.
I am fully aware that a dead person can’t be charged. Like I said “for the record” it could be noted. It’s all bizarre to me and this clip leaves more questions than answers. A lot of questions. He certainly didn’t act all yay life is great when he got to those people.
Chances are the kidnapper sold Luis. It looks like he had an ok life. Better late than never, but his mom passed before he was found. DNA is so important.
@sandramorey2529 Willingly giving up your SNA is absolutely foolish unless it's a rare situation and is used for something like this. If you think the government won't use it for evil later on you don't know history.
This story is so incredible and almost unbelievable. I keep forgetting that we didn’t have modern technology back then-would have made finding kidnapped children SO much more difficult. AMAZING that the niece never gave up❤️❤️❤️❤️ What an amazing story
Its good and bad I just found out I have a much older half sister in France. She 66 I'm 56. She didn't know our dad and I did know him for bout 26 years.
Different times. My stepdad forged his birth certificate to join the military early. We had a running joke in the family about his “military” age or “real” age. That’s one of the last fun things I remember about him before he was killed in a wreck. I took him and Mama out for his birthday and asked him was he 79 or 80. He said he thought he’d just be 80, it was a nice round number. lol! Also, his real birth certificate had the month of his birth wrong and I’m thinking it didn’t even have his name on it. Way back, lots of errors were made. My mother’s bc had her name wrong. The midwife probably didn’t know how to spell her name or misheard it. There weren’t all the checks and balances like there are today. I’ve found all kinds of errors on documents while doing ancestry. Names have been miscopied from one document to the other because someone couldn’t read the original person’s handwriting. I saw where on a death certificate, instead of putting the person’s mother’s maiden name, they (the spouse) put their mother’s last name. In moments of grief we all do not think clearly. I’ve seen lots of incorrect stuff on my grandmother. So way back, lots of room for errors.
Even in the 90s my mom was able to change the date on my birth certificate to September 1st because preschool had a cutoff date and my birthday was just a few weeks after the 1st. so I would have had to wait another extra year to go to preschool, yet I fully prepared to go. So my mom convinced me my Birthday was september 1st and I truly thought it was for a few years of school before she had it changed back to my real birthday. Youd be surprised how many people dont do deep dive checking, especially before the internet days
Ever been in a 1st grade classroom? 6 year olds talk a lot! He never said to anyone, Hey my parents bought me, my Mom misses me and I miss her and I want to go home to my real parents and brothers and sisters! 6 is plenty old.
Unbelievable yes. Now the family has their brother back in their life. Heal love and share. 70 years old is amazing. So many missing children I’m praying they can have such stories as this one lost and safe. Tears of joy! May God Bless this man always and his family.
It's crazy to think of the woman that abducted him doing something so crazy like that and then just living her life and passing away. It's like imagining a serial killer that never gets caught and has a full life and a family and grandkids etc. no one normal should be able to do something like that and then just go about their daily life smh
@@Ivehadenuffyou have to remember this was 1951. There were thousands of displaced children after the war, people unofficially took in children all the time, it wasn’t some major underground ordeal like it would be now. Many of those children may or may not have had families, but finding the family was often impossible.
You'd be surprised how many serial killers go on with life. Look at Jupiter Joe in New York, not a serial killer but killed a child and thought he got away with it and was working around kids until he was caught.
No mention of if Luis knew he was taken and/or what story was fed to him. I can remember stuff from when I was six and something traumatic would presumably be easier to remember. The fact that Luis had his DNA in the system makes me wonder.
At some point he must have realized he was taken? Did he never had to use his birth certificate? Your parents not being able to provide your birth certificate is usually a red flag.
He would have needed it when he joined the service. He also would have required documents to board the plane. Unless it wasn’t required back then. This woman was prepared, I don’t think this was her first abduction. I also believe she sold him to the couple.
You always hear stories about guys lying about their age to join the military, and they got away with it. You could get away with a lot more stuff 50, 60 years ago. Things were a lot different when he joined up, probably in the 1960s. Birth certificates were hand written and could be fiddled with.
Regardless of the privacy issue, "kidnapping is a crime" and he will have to discuss with the authorities that couple who raised him, and how it came that the kidnapper delivered ,gave, placed him with that said couple who raised him! So sad his mother did not live to see the reunion happen, and I hope the new information leads to an arrest.
@@raxstinejrogers515I’m guessing not too many people from a generation above him (kidnapper, aunts and uncles, adoptive parents) are still alive. They would all have to be around 100.
Seems like the ppl who raised him may have not known? A woman kidnapped him then handed him over to the couple. Maybe they thought the boy just needed a family ??
Why has no arrest been made . A crime of kidnapping a child should never have a statute of limitations. This man was cheated out of his life with brother and family.
Oh man the pit of my stomach I would live wit everyday of my life if my child had been taken and I never heard from them again. That pain of not knowing all those years I couldn’t imagine 😢
Luis may have been young enough to adapt to living with strangers, as he seems to be staying quiet about both his kidnapper and adoptive parents. After joining the Marine Corps and later becoming a firefighter, it seems his sense of duty-first to his country and then to his community-may have been influenced by his adoptive upbringing. It appears he isn’t holding grudges against either party. I’m glad he was reunited with his biological family, especially his older brother.
@@Harumph-Sez-Moi my question would’ve been how they were able to falsify his identity with no BC? He would be undocumented and get citizenship applied for which I’m sure was easier back then compared to now.
@@vy88different times. Birth certificates and other things weren’t required to enter school. I used to go back and forth between where my mom was living and my great aunt. No one ever officially pulled me out of school or registered me. I just told the teacher I was leaving or went back to my old class and said I’m back. I was around 2nd to 3rd grade then. 1960s. I didn’t have a social security number until the 1970s and I think maybe my mom and stepdad didn’t apply for us four any (2 step siblings) until he was being sent overseas and we were going with him. Even in 1980 when my first child was born, I had to apply for the SS number. It still wasn’t a big deal. Things have changed a lot in the last 40 years!
He said he had some memories. I'm sure the "new parents" brain washed him to think otherwise. Also, kids now know all the details from a young age. Because we make sure they know mom and dads full name, address, city. Etc In the 50s, kids weren't treated how children are treated now. Do you know in the 60's they came out with a campaing/slogan "Do you know where your children are"? It was played at 10pm.
So he is protecting the couple who kidnapped him ? There is no information on them ? He was 6 yrs old. Why didn't he tell a teacher a cop or when he went in the Millatary. Who he really was ? He stayed silent all these years. He knew those people were not his parents. At 6 yrs old you know and would be scared if someone took you from your parents. He had the perfect opportunity to find his real family when he went in the military. Or report it to a teacher who could notify police. To search for missing reports for a kidnapping of him from the west coast. He had a chance to ease his mothers heart and he left her suffering his loss till the day she died. Im glad his brother & living relatives got closer finally. But oh let's not hurt the kidnappers who hurt his mother. And stole her child and his life from her. Really !
That poor mother who died without reuniting with her son. This upsets me so much. I know there's a silver lining to the story but it just makes my blood boil knowing criminals were able to get away with a major crime and caused so much grief and pain.
Thank you for writing this empathetic comment because you've put into words how I'm feeling and cried for the mother who must've died with a broken heart. 😥
His big brother held out all those years to get some peace and closure. I wish they could have had more time together but the joy certainly overshadowed so much of the pain💛
He was 6 when it happened, so he must've known he was taken. At that age you know your parents names, phone number, and address. I wonder if he ever tried to find his family? I'm glad he's been reunited with them now. ❤
@@HarleeRider That's a very good point. As an adult though I wonder if he ever tried looking. If he ever started thinking about what happened, you know?
What a feel good ..albeit bittersweet..story! I feel so very bad for his biological mother..she’s up in heaven looking down with a big smile on her face. God Bless all the family 🙏
he has to live with the fact that his "adopted" parents were involved in acquiring him. I imagine how easy it was for the parents to provide him with documents since it was back then.
@@TNT-8M7R Exactly..for the most part we didn’t have to fear strangers like they do today. We went outside to play in the early morning until we were called in for lunch. Then out again until the street lights turned on.😊
@@StarLight-sl9okyep. And I’m still finding out stuff my kid got into with the neighborhood boys and his cousins. Lol! Kinda glad I didn’t know back then.
He was obviousy raised in a good home, maybe inherited something and led a wonderful life. If his life would have been bad, he would have run away. Or they told him a lie. Anyway. Nobody can be prosecuted because its word against word. The family adopted him by good will. The other women who kiddnapped him, might have signed his adaption paper as her own child. Maybe this was her business idea at the time. She had a six year old, knew that somebody would pay for adoption so she sold another child and not her own. Victim was the brother and mum, having to live with this their whole lifes. At least brother could depart in the knowledge all is good now. Family complete.
Probably a child adoption ring. The lady probably worked for someone else. The adoptive parents may have been completely innocent and way back then the east coast more than likely wouldn’t have known someone was kidnapped on the west coast.
Yes, maybe the adoptive parents were scammed on adopting a kid that they thought belonged to the kidnapper but if the 6 yo told them that he was taken from his real parents and he doesn’t know the woman who kidnapped him, wonder what they would’ve done with this information or they just kept him. It would still be a crime to know they had a stolen child and did nothing about it. Hoped they at least reported it and made attempts at the time.
Curiosity. What did the husband of the kidnapper think when his wife showed up with a six year old? Women didn't have rights to even open up a credit card in their name,no less adopt a kid.
He has a mole under his bottom lip I wonder if that was mentioned in the newspaper article when trying to find him imagine knowing that you were taken from your family and living with stranger’s who I’m sure he eventually had gotten use to living as their child it’s so sad lot’s of year’s lost 😢
How could someone not find his real family for 70 years after being kidnapped and abducted by a stranger? Did his captors brain-wash him to believe they were his family and that his real family was not his family or were all killed? Somebody explain to me the whole story.🤔 If he knew who his real family was,why didn't he contact the authorities years ago when he became a legal adult to find and reunite with them sooner?
So much of this story doesn't make any sense. It seems Luis remembered he had been abducted, yet that didn't lead to anything. If someone took my son away at age 6, took him to a different city or even country here's what would happen. He'd tell all his teachers he was abducted. He'd tell every stranger along his path that he was abducted. When he's old enough to go to the police station, he'd tell them he was abducted. When DNA technology comes out, he'd be the first to use it. He would also have confronted his "parents". I'm assuming the woman who stole him gave him away to the couple who raised him, probably after a financial transaction. If so, this woman most likely stole other children. As long as someone is old enough to remember they were abducted, I don't understand how they could remain a victim for a lifetime.
How did he join the military without a birth certificate or SS number/card? Since it was an illegal “adoption” the adoptive parents shouldn’t have been able to get new ones….I’m so confused.
At least his brother was able to find some peace.
Can you IMAGINE living with that all your life? God bless this whole family.
Sad he was never reunited with his mum before she died.😢
I believe she sees this and guided this connection.❤
@@cynthiablandford6213 she died still believing her son was killed or whatever
basically the worst the a loving parent can experience, outliving their kid. but not even knowing...how awful. peace and strength to the whole family ❤
No shit Captain Obvious @@JordoSez
Happy for the guy but his poor mama! How evil!
yes. women are evil for abducting him.
Horrible for the poor mom 😢
I can’t imagine my child being taken from me, it physically hurts to imagine it, I am so happy for him and his family, but what a sad story, he looked just like his bio mom. She never found out what happened to him. A woman kidnapped him-I tell my children that you can’t tell whether someone is good or bad just by appearances, gender, class, cleanliness, whether they are a woman or have children with them, etc. instead of looking at it like someone could be good or bad, they can just be tricky and don’t trust anyone unless they got the password.
I can't even imagine. That child's life was stolen. The future that the entire family would have had us irrevocably broken and the parent's loss is beyond words
@@cwavt8849 plus he remembered being kidnapped, no doubt. How awful. I feel so bad for them.
@@itchysheets1222 you know, he would have, I imagine, on an instinctual level, never been able to fully trust the family who raised him because, deep down, he knew his memories weren't false. How horrible for all involved
@@cwavt8849 reminds me of that show Fringe, where the scientist’s son died and he, in a nutshell, went to another dimension and to try to help that version of his son before he died but something happened and he had to take his son from himself and his wife in the other dimension, and wasn’t able or willing to return him….and raised him as his own, but he was pretty old, like 6 or 8 or something, and he knew those weren’t his parents, but they had to gaslight him for lack of a better word, eventually he had to accept it to stay sane. But he got the cure and got to live….a lie.
Yes it definitely does physically hurt to even imagine it!!!
I am literally crying my eyes out 😢 this is so wonderful. Luis doesn't know his old family and that's very sad, but from the sound of it he at least had a good life. Thank You for sharing this heart felt story
Terrible! No charges against anyone? Yes, even if they died, just for the record. And at 6, wouldn't he recall his real mother? I am furious about this. Any follow up story would be greatly appreciated.
I agree, how horrible, and selfish of that woman who kidnaped him.
He was probably brainwashed about the whole ordeal, and just accepted
what had happened to him, and six years of age is still really young.
A dead person can’t be charged.
That would amount to time, resources, and money not well spent.
I’d be interested in hearing about the kidnapping and adjustment to a new family.
But, sounds like he just wants privacy. Glad he was able to see his brother again before he died.
Traumatic for the whole family.
How can they charge someone if they're probably dead and they don't have a specific person named that abducted him?
Yes there’s lots of questions because a 6 year old could’ve articulated that he was kidnapped and be aware that the people that he lived with were not his biological parents. I wonder why he never went to look for his family. He definitely won’t be pressing charges on his adoptive parents for some reason.
I am fully aware that a dead person can’t be charged. Like I said “for the record” it could be noted.
It’s all bizarre to me and this clip leaves more questions than answers. A lot of questions. He certainly didn’t act all yay life is great when he got to those people.
Chances are the kidnapper sold Luis. It looks like he had an ok life. Better late than never, but his mom passed before he was found. DNA is so important.
Fear not. They can reunite in the resurrection.
@@ScarletAdhesive 😂 cool
@sandramorey2529 Willingly giving up your SNA is absolutely foolish unless it's a rare situation and is used for something like this. If you think the government won't use it for evil later on you don't know history.
This story is so incredible and almost unbelievable. I keep forgetting that we didn’t have modern technology back then-would have made finding kidnapped children SO much more difficult. AMAZING that the niece never gave up❤️❤️❤️❤️ What an amazing story
Its good and bad
I just found out I have a much older half sister in France. She 66 I'm 56. She didn't know our dad and I did know him for bout 26 years.
Thank you God for reuniting this family!
Thank God? Poor mother.
Are you kidding?!
God! LOL! Just stop.
@@winifredherman4214 She could just be saying it, but a lot of people still believe this nonsense.
I watch a lot of missing people and true crime videos. It’s really nice to see a happy ending for a change. ❤
It's only a good story if you find out who the kidnappers were
The real story is about the woman with the green bandana
Likely was paid to find adoptable children. His 'new' parents may not have even know how he came to them. Perhaps just told, "He needs a home".
How are you able to join the fire dept and the Marines with no real birth certificate or paperwork. That’s strange
Paperwork was easy to forge back then
Different times. My stepdad forged his birth certificate to join the military early. We had a running joke in the family about his “military” age or “real” age. That’s one of the last fun things I remember about him before he was killed in a wreck. I took him and Mama out for his birthday and asked him was he 79 or 80. He said he thought he’d just be 80, it was a nice round number. lol! Also, his real birth certificate had the month of his birth wrong and I’m thinking it didn’t even have his name on it. Way back, lots of errors were made. My mother’s bc had her name wrong. The midwife probably didn’t know how to spell her name or misheard it. There weren’t all the checks and balances like there are today. I’ve found all kinds of errors on documents while doing ancestry. Names have been miscopied from one document to the other because someone couldn’t read the original person’s handwriting. I saw where on a death certificate, instead of putting the person’s mother’s maiden name, they (the spouse) put their mother’s last name. In moments of grief we all do not think clearly. I’ve seen lots of incorrect stuff on my grandmother. So way back, lots of room for errors.
@ritadyer9295, thanks for explaining. That makes a lot of sense
Even in the 90s my mom was able to change the date on my birth certificate to September 1st because preschool had a cutoff date and my birthday was just a few weeks after the 1st. so I would have had to wait another extra year to go to preschool, yet I fully prepared to go. So my mom convinced me my Birthday was september 1st and I truly thought it was for a few years of school before she had it changed back to my real birthday. Youd be surprised how many people dont do deep dive checking, especially before the internet days
So the woman who stole him got away with a heinous crime. The parents who raised him never considered the possibility he was kidnapped?
Ever been in a 1st grade classroom? 6 year olds talk a lot! He never said to anyone, Hey my parents bought me, my Mom misses me and I miss her and I want to go home to my real parents and brothers and sisters! 6 is plenty old.
I'm glad this station at least said what happened the day he was kidnapped. A different news channel didn't! 😡
Unbelievable yes. Now the family has their brother back in their life. Heal love and share. 70 years old is amazing. So many missing children I’m praying they can have such stories as this one lost and safe. Tears of joy! May God Bless this man always and his family.
I was 65 when I found my father’s family! 32 when I found my mother’s side…I was adopted at 9 months…
I’m glad he found his family 🩵
70 years??? Holy Cow?
His poor mother, never knowing what had happened to her son, if he was dead or awful things happening to him. Glad he's ok.
It's crazy to think of the woman that abducted him doing something so crazy like that and then just living her life and passing away. It's like imagining a serial killer that never gets caught and has a full life and a family and grandkids etc. no one normal should be able to do something like that and then just go about their daily life smh
The woman that raised him might have thought they adopted him, she isn't the one that kidnapped him so she might have never known he was kidnapped.
The so called adoptive mother knew it was an illegal adoption, so she knew something was wrong with the picture.
@@IvehadenuffThe kidnapper probably sold the boy and the buyer must likely did not want to find out where the boy came from😡
@@Ivehadenuffyou have to remember this was 1951. There were thousands of displaced children after the war, people unofficially took in children all the time, it wasn’t some major underground ordeal like it would be now. Many of those children may or may not have had families, but finding the family was often impossible.
You'd be surprised how many serial killers go on with life. Look at Jupiter Joe in New York, not a serial killer but killed a child and thought he got away with it and was working around kids until he was caught.
So many questions. I have many memories from age six and I knew who my family was. I wonder why Luis never searched for answers once he became of age.
This was incredible!!!
No mention of if Luis knew he was taken and/or what story was fed to him. I can remember stuff from when I was six and something traumatic would presumably be easier to remember. The fact that Luis had his DNA in the system makes me wonder.
We need a documentary on this
Who took him? Why? At 6 yrs old he knew he'd been kidnapped; why not try to escape? SO many questions!!
The people that raised him probably never knew he was kidnapped! Real sad for everyone involved
At some point he must have realized he was taken? Did he never had to use his birth certificate? Your parents not being able to provide your birth certificate is usually a red flag.
He would have needed it when he joined the service.
He also would have required documents to board the plane. Unless it wasn’t required back then.
This woman was prepared, I don’t think this was her first abduction.
I also believe she sold him to the couple.
@@mariacabral-felix1972I think so too. 😢
When I was a kid in the 80's you could order blank birth certificates and IDs from the back of music magazines. "For entertainment purposes only.'
You always hear stories about guys lying about their age to join the military, and they got away with it. You could get away with a lot more stuff 50, 60 years ago. Things were a lot different when he joined up, probably in the 1960s. Birth certificates were hand written and could be fiddled with.
Documents could be forged back then
Regardless of the privacy issue, "kidnapping is a crime" and he will have to discuss with the authorities that couple who raised him, and how it came that the kidnapper delivered ,gave, placed him with that said couple who raised him! So sad his mother did not live to see the reunion happen, and I hope the new information leads to an arrest.
He was kidnapped 73 years ago at 6 years old, making him 79. It's unlikely that the kidnapper or adoptive parents are still alive.
@mpv3922 His brother and other family were alive,so it is a possibility...if not,may they rot in hell.
@@raxstinejrogers515I’m guessing not too many people from a generation above him (kidnapper, aunts and uncles, adoptive parents) are still alive. They would all have to be around 100.
Seems like the ppl who raised him may have not known? A woman kidnapped him then handed him over to the couple. Maybe they thought the boy just needed a family ??
@@LadyBug-ky6qu They knew...even so, you just don't take children in and raise them, there is a legal process.
Why has no arrest been made . A crime of kidnapping a child should never have a statute of limitations. This man was cheated out of his life with brother and family.
What a great story.
A beautiful story. Great to see 🎉
At least he seems to have had a good life. Children being snatched now end up used, abused and dead.
It still happened back in the so-called good old days though and sexual abuse was rife during the 60s and 70s in my supposedly safe homeland! 🙁
What a nightmare. How can a women do that to another women. Nice that the brothers were at least reunited.
How on earth does a man who was abducted at 6 never try to find his parents or contact the police for decades?
I thank God ,he was not abused
Oh man the pit of my stomach I would live wit everyday of my life if my child had been taken and I never heard from them again. That pain of not knowing all those years I couldn’t imagine 😢
Luis may have been young enough to adapt to living with strangers, as he seems to be staying quiet about both his kidnapper and adoptive parents. After joining the Marine Corps and later becoming a firefighter, it seems his sense of duty-first to his country and then to his community-may have been influenced by his adoptive upbringing. It appears he isn’t holding grudges against either party. I’m glad he was reunited with his biological family, especially his older brother.
@@Harumph-Sez-Moi my question would’ve been how they were able to falsify his identity with no BC? He would be undocumented and get citizenship applied for which I’m sure was easier back then compared to now.
@@vy88different times. Birth certificates and other things weren’t required to enter school. I used to go back and forth between where my mom was living and my great aunt. No one ever officially pulled me out of school or registered me. I just told the teacher I was leaving or went back to my old class and said I’m back. I was around 2nd to 3rd grade then. 1960s. I didn’t have a social security number until the 1970s and I think maybe my mom and stepdad didn’t apply for us four any (2 step siblings) until he was being sent overseas and we were going with him.
Even in 1980 when my first child was born, I had to apply for the SS number. It still wasn’t a big deal. Things have changed a lot in the last 40 years!
This is wild. Did he not ever try to look? Didn't he realize that he was taken? I can't imagine taking a kid and the kid just being cool with it.
At six yrs old, I knew my parents name, and can read and write already.
@whartonitec1041 yup crossed my mind why he never took a dna test much earlier when they became available about 35 years ago
@@whartonitec1041 That is what I was thinking. At 5 I new my parents and my siblings. I don't get it.
@@whartonitec1041 At 6, you can also remember the town and state you live in.
He said he had some memories. I'm sure the "new parents" brain washed him to think otherwise. Also, kids now know all the details from a young age. Because we make sure they know mom and dads full name, address, city. Etc In the 50s, kids weren't treated how children are treated now.
Do you know in the 60's they came out with a campaing/slogan "Do you know where your children are"? It was played at 10pm.
He never thought to go to the police himself?
He was six years old and 7 decades ago, they didn't teach children about "stranger danger".
I'm so blown away by this story.
So he is protecting the couple who kidnapped him ? There is no information on them ? He was 6 yrs old. Why didn't he tell a teacher a cop or when he went in the Millatary. Who he really was ? He stayed silent all these years. He knew those people were not his parents. At 6 yrs old you know and would be scared if someone took you from your parents. He had the perfect opportunity to find his real family when he went in the military. Or report it to a teacher who could notify police. To search for missing reports for a kidnapping of him from the west coast. He had a chance to ease his mothers heart and he left her suffering his loss till the day she died. Im glad his brother & living relatives got closer finally. But oh let's not hurt the kidnappers who hurt his mother. And stole her child and his life from her. Really !
That poor mother who died without reuniting with her son. This upsets me so much. I know there's a silver lining to the story but it just makes my blood boil knowing criminals were able to get away with a major crime and caused so much grief and pain.
Thank you for writing this empathetic comment because you've put into words how I'm feeling and cried for the mother who must've died with a broken heart. 😥
But at 6 I’m sure he knew that, that woman was not his mom. I’m so happy that he reunited with his family.
His big brother held out all those years to get some peace and closure. I wish they could have had more time together but the joy certainly overshadowed so much of the pain💛
So there must be records of how the couple got to adopt him. And did they know the woman who kidnapped him? I hope this is being investigated
They kidnapped him and just gave him to another family to the other side of America mate
@@nathdonplays2782 must have made some money in the process. Otherwise kidnapping doesn't make sense. They didn't do it out of goodness of their heart
It’s so sad that it took so long. I’m glad he got to see his brother before his passing. But still….
Oakland??? What county. I was acquitted from child stealing last month. Custodian accused me of kidnapping my child.
Are you serious?
he does not want his identity revealed so you post his picture instead? hows that working out for him?
I feel horrible for the mom
He was 6 when it happened, so he must've known he was taken. At that age you know your parents names, phone number, and address. I wonder if he ever tried to find his family? I'm glad he's been reunited with them now. ❤
You never know what he was told by the people that took him.
@@HarleeRider That's a very good point. As an adult though I wonder if he ever tried looking. If he ever started thinking about what happened, you know?
kidnappers often tell the child the same story over and over until the child believes it.
@@tararansom2750 It's so terrible. 😞
THANK YOU FOR SHARING!!!HOPE ONE DAY FIND MY YOUNGER BROTHER!!!PRAY FOR A MIRACLE.
How do you not talk about who the woman green bandana or the couple was who stole him?
Did the couple "buy" a stolen child? He's protecting them it seems. Very sad.
His poor mama.
wow G-d bless him`
I can't imagine what it must have felt like to be notified that the kidnapped child is alive after 70 years. So happy for them.
What a feel good ..albeit bittersweet..story! I feel so very bad for his biological mother..she’s up in heaven looking down with a big smile on her face. God Bless all the family 🙏
WOW!!! What happened to woman ?
❤❤❤❤ that insane 70 year just out here looking for your family 😢
So sad! He must of had some memory of his family! His heartbroken mother!
Amazing and heartbreaking.
So uplifting, inspiring.
he has to live with the fact that his "adopted" parents were involved in acquiring him. I imagine how easy it was for the parents to provide him with documents since it was back then.
If he was 6 years old when he was kidnapped, I wonder why it took him so long to try to find his biological family.
so sad for the parents, so happy for the brother!!!!!
Parents should NEVER leave their children unsupervised!
It was the 1950's. Different mindset.
@@TNT-8M7R Exactly..for the most part we didn’t have to fear strangers like they do today. We went outside to play in the early morning until we were called in for lunch. Then out again until the street lights turned on.😊
Even in the 80s and 90s parents regularly left children unattended.
@@StarLight-sl9okyep. And I’m still finding out stuff my kid got into with the neighborhood boys and his cousins. Lol! Kinda glad I didn’t know back then.
@@StarLight-sl9ok And the families looked out for each other's kids.
His mom and dad died not knowing.
What a story to give other families hope❤❤❤
So happy they were alive to see the day and meet up. I hope he a had a kind life.
So who was the woman that kidnapped him?
I’m glad the man reunited with his kidnapped brother!
He was obviousy raised in a good home, maybe inherited something and led a wonderful life. If his life would have been bad, he would have run away. Or they told him a lie. Anyway. Nobody can be prosecuted because its word against word. The family adopted him by good will. The other women who kiddnapped him, might have signed his adaption paper as her own child. Maybe this was her business idea at the time. She had a six year old, knew that somebody would pay for adoption so she sold another child and not her own. Victim was the brother and mum, having to live with this their whole lifes. At least brother could depart in the knowledge all is good now. Family complete.
Probably a child adoption ring. The lady probably worked for someone else. The adoptive parents may have been completely innocent and way back then the east coast more than likely wouldn’t have known someone was kidnapped on the west coast.
Yes, maybe the adoptive parents were scammed on adopting a kid that they thought belonged to the kidnapper but if the 6 yo told them that he was taken from his real parents and he doesn’t know the woman who kidnapped him, wonder what they would’ve done with this information or they just kept him. It would still be a crime to know they had a stolen child and did nothing about it. Hoped they at least reported it and made attempts at the time.
This is crazy 😮
So who raised him etc 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
Thank God! Wonderful! Luis is found!
Sad story, at least he got see his brother one last time.
So many questions, though
Quite incredible!
Got goosebumps.
Curiosity. What did the husband of the kidnapper think when his wife showed up with a six year old? Women didn't have rights to even open up a credit card in their name,no less adopt a kid.
@@melissahancock3298 maybe the husband was a scumbag too.
Maybe the kidnapper told him his parents are dead back when he was 6yrs. Old. Only he can tell the story. Glad he is still alive! That is a blessing!!
I heard of this story
Thank God
He has a mole under his bottom lip I wonder if that was mentioned in the newspaper article when trying to find him imagine knowing that you were taken from your family and living with stranger’s who I’m sure he eventually had gotten use to living as their child it’s so sad lot’s of year’s lost 😢
How could someone not find his real family for 70 years after being kidnapped and abducted by a stranger? Did his captors brain-wash him to believe they were his family and that his real family was not his family or were all killed? Somebody explain to me the whole story.🤔 If he knew who his real family was,why didn't he contact the authorities years ago when he became a legal adult to find and reunite with them sooner?
Oh my 🥹🙏🏿‼️
To his momma it means nothing. .
Wow, amazing..
Crazy 😮😮😮
I’m surprised he had to know he was kidnapped, why didn’t he look for his real family?
So much of this story doesn't make any sense. It seems Luis remembered he had been abducted, yet that didn't lead to anything. If someone took my son away at age 6, took him to a different city or even country here's what would happen. He'd tell all his teachers he was abducted. He'd tell every stranger along his path that he was abducted. When he's old enough to go to the police station, he'd tell them he was abducted. When DNA technology comes out, he'd be the first to use it. He would also have confronted his "parents". I'm assuming the woman who stole him gave him away to the couple who raised him, probably after a financial transaction. If so, this woman most likely stole other children. As long as someone is old enough to remember they were abducted, I don't understand how they could remain a victim for a lifetime.
Wow!!
Amazing
So amazing
Amazing story.
OK, he would have needed to provide proof of birth certificate during his life when applying for jobs and driver's licenses, etc.
How did he join the military without a birth certificate or SS number/card? Since it was an illegal “adoption” the adoptive parents shouldn’t have been able to get new ones….I’m so confused.
Who did it???????????
Mother and child will meet again in heaven 🙏☝️
What about the family who raised him
Messed up