Missing child story has a happy ending.
By katsmeow1213
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
United States
January 20, 2011 9:57am CST
A child reported missing has been found. Unfortunately, it's been 23 years since the child was first reported missing!
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/20/new.york.missing.reunion/index.html?eref=rss_us&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_us+%28RSS%3A+U.S.%29
A mother brought her 3 week old daughter to a hospital due to a high fever. The mother went home to get some rest, and when she returned to the hospital her daughter was gone.
23 years later, the daughter started to get suspicious of her "so-called mother" when she couldn't provide her birth certificate. The girl did some research and found the story of the missing baby. With the help of the authorities the woman has been reunited with her real mother.
So far no information has been released about the woman, or couple, who raised the girl.
I'm glad it's a happy ending.. but the real mother must have gone through a lot of pain over the last 23 years not knowing what happened to her baby girl!
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16 responses
@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
20 Jan 11
I saw that. I'm glad she found her birth mother, but what possessed those people to do that? I hope they at least raised her decently, but what an awful thing for the mother not knowing all those years.
@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
20 Jan 11
I didn't either, and the only reason I mentioned it is that she basically turned in the people who raised her. And if she was raised in a fairly normal, loving environment, that must not have been easy to do.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
20 Jan 11
I'm sure at the moment she was just very angry and upset to learn that she'd been lied to all her life. It must have been a very confusing and difficult time to go through.
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
20 Jan 11
I saw no signs in the article that pointed to the girl not being raised properly. I've heard stories of people kidnapping babies because they wanted one of their own so bad, that is most likely the case here. That is why newborns have those anklets on them, an alarm will sound if someone tries to take them out of the hospital without permission. However they weren't using that system 23 years ago to my knowledge, and a 3 week old in the hospital for an illness probably wouldn't have gotten an anklet anyway.
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@dodo19 (48167)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
24 Jan 11
I actually heard about this case. It's really interesting to see how things turned out. It's certainly a happy ending to this case. It's still nice to see that this sort of thing can actually happen. Although this is perhaps one case in a million, it does still give some kind of hope.
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
21 Jan 11
I keep thinking why did the other woman who raised her go through a legitimate adoption agency rather then take that little baby home that was not hers. I wonder why she would do that. I guess she had a screw loose.
I am glad that Carine is back with her mother and she is happy. I would like to know more about this story.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
21 Jan 11
The woman who raised her probably could not afford an adoption agency or did not qualify to be an adoptive mother. People who want babies that desperately do odd things. I've heard of this happening before.
@rameshkumaar57 (5908)
• India
21 Jan 11
I just read this news today morning. I was just wondering what the big fuss was all about. Just because an American girl goes missing when she was 3 weeks old and finds her biological parents after 23 years, it is big news through out the world.
Do not think I am heartless because I have made a comment like this. The reason is, it is a every day occurance in our country.So many babies are stolen from their mothers from the hospitals, and some are made to beg, some are sold to pimps and some are even sold by the Church to some foreign couples who do not have children of their own. So many of these children after growing up, come searching for their biological parents, and some are able to trace them, and the maximum number do not find their biological parents.
You can watch the Oscar award winning film SLUM DOG MILLINORE, which starkly shows how the children are stolen and abused.At least this girl was not abused, and was raised properly.
Do not think I am heartless because I have made a comment like this. The reason is, it is a every day occurance in our country.So many babies are stolen from their mothers from the hospitals, and some are made to beg, some are sold to pimps and some are even sold by the Church to some foreign couples who do not have children of their own. So many of these children after growing up, come searching for their biological parents, and some are able to trace them, and the maximum number do not find their biological parents.
You can watch the Oscar award winning film SLUM DOG MILLINORE, which starkly shows how the children are stolen and abused.At least this girl was not abused, and was raised properly.
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
21 Jan 11
She was fortunate the woman who took her cared for her over the years. As we all know odds of a child being returned and in one piece is a miracle. I bet at her age she's tried to get a job and go to college ect and w/o any information you can't get grants, loans, or even file your taxes.
I hope she has a smooth transition back to her birth family & know that she was spared in ways many missing kids are not.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
21 Jan 11
She was very fortunate.
I think it's odd it took so long for her to realize that her parents did not have her birth certificate. I wonder how they got her in school or anything. I need my kid's birth certificates to get them in school, get any form of government aid (like WIC), even the doctor's office is asking for their social security numbers. You also need SS# to file taxes. Not to mention, when I turned 16 and applied for my driver's permit I needed both my SS card and my BC.. I also needed both to get working papers and jobs. For college I only needed my SS# but that is a benefit of taking online classes.. I only needed the SS# to get the loans and grants.. the school doesn't give a darn who I am, LOL.
Like I said, it's odd that she's gone 23 years without a birth cert or social security number.
@hardworkinggurl (37062)
• United States
21 Jan 11
Alas katsmeow1213,
A ending to a very sad story. How terrible that a mother and child be separated this way for so many years.
This enforces the power of hope, as sometimes life forces us to give up and here is a story of to enforce never to give up. I hope the mother is fine as I think I would have gone nuts not knowing for a year, let alone 23.
Thanks for sharing it truly is inspirational.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
21 Jan 11
I would have gone nuts after a day! I don't think I would have survived 23 years without knowing what happened to my child. I'm just glad this story did have a happy ending.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
20 Jan 11
It is just very sad it took this long for her questions and prayers to be answered.
@housechaos7 (609)
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20 Jan 11
That is a fab story ending but nothing will ever make up for what the real mother and child have missed out on lets just hope it all works out well and they can build a good relationship.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
20 Jan 11
I saw this on the news this morning. There was a girl from here that went missing over 20 years ago. It made me think of her. I always thought her mother killed her. She confessed to it once but recanted. I really don't know how u would cope to something like that happening. I'm so glad she found her mother for both their sakes.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
20 Jan 11
If the police suspect her, and she confessed, chances are she did it, they just don't have any evidence to hold against her.
@cynthiann (18612)
• Jamaica
20 Jan 11
What an amazing story. Her mother must be overjoyed. I don't know how I would have managed- honestly. This is awful for parents. We are only just beginning to have missing children. It was unknown out here. But I think that these young girls are used for human trafficking. They are from 12 up or else they were groomed for a while before being either kidnapped or enticed away. Yesterday we had a girl murdered by a group of young (under 17) young people. This is all so foreign to us but I expect it is now happening everywhere in the world. But when I see their little faces on the news each evening and their mother's crying then I get so upset.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
20 Jan 11
Yes, sadly it does happen everywhere, and it's awful. It turns my stomach to hear about such things.
@sender621 (14889)
• United States
20 Jan 11
This is such a bittersweet story. a child missing for so many years would almost certainly have an unhappy ending. It is a joy to see such a miracle. A happy ending after 23 years of not knowing is a blessing. @mokkka (881)
• Bulgaria
20 Jan 11
The happy ending sounds great.Unfortunately fewer and fewer cases end up like that. Before Christmas I heard a research about the missing people in our capital and I shuddered.There are about 80 people who had vanished.No traces and probably not so many who try to search for them.This is awful.The city has about 2 million inhabitants but 80 missing people are too much.
@martita77 (1)
• United States
20 Jan 11
Thank God theres a happy ending to this painfull situation. What is important now is make up for the years lost and make the best of it.
@Tamara07 (4)
• United States
20 Jan 11
I can't even imagine going through this. This is an incredible story that after 23 years she would be able to be reunited with her real mother. An entire childhood has been taken away from this young lady and her mother. I just hope that her upbrining was a good one. I have three young children of my own and since having children I have become so emotional. The pain would be unbearable! May God watch over this mother and help her deal with all the pain she has gone through and now help them as they become a family once again.
@maxilimian (3099)
• Indonesia
21 Jan 11
Waw, that's amazing life story, we are happy to hear this news also, i hope she can live happily ever after with her real mother, 23 years is a long waiting
@lizmik143 (137)
• Philippines
21 Jan 11
This is a wonderful story. Like a fairy tale. I guess mother and daughter will have a lot of time to make up for 23 years of absence from each other. How regretful it is on the other hand that they did not spend the last 23 years together.
