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Philosophia
June 18th, 2009, 08:16 AM
54-Year-Old Missing Boy Mystery Solved?

A Michigan man said Wednesday that pictures he found online led him to believe he could be the 2-year-old boy who vanished more than a half-century ago from a stroller outside a bakery on New York's Long Island.

John Robert Barnes told The Associated Press that he was doing online research within the past year to try to figure out who he really was, saying that from childhood he never felt as though he fit in with the family that raised him.

Barnes, who is in his 50s, saw pictures of the missing boy's mother when she was a young adult, thought the woman resembled himself at the same age and started to believe he might be Stephen Damman, who disappeared in 1955.

From here (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/17/national/main5094009.shtml).

Cindlady2
June 18th, 2009, 08:45 AM
wow... how cool

daphnerose
June 18th, 2009, 11:02 AM
I also heard on the news last night that initial dna test concluded that he is likely the missing boy. Thats pretty interesting.
daphne

HorseCrow
June 18th, 2009, 11:04 AM
Wow, fascinating :)

daphnerose
June 18th, 2009, 06:19 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_re_us/us50_years_missing
here's the latest

Vampiel
June 18th, 2009, 06:53 PM
Cheryl Barnes, John Barnes' sister, said she was not surprised by the test results. Mending fences, she said, won't be easy. "He pretty much lost two families today," she said.
"We knew that was going to be the outcome. ... My dad feels the same way. Neither of us had a doubt. My dad knows who his son is. I'm angry at my brother for putting everyone through this, turning everybody's lives upside down."


I cant imagine how his parents feel. He thinks he isnt their biological son because 'he didnt fit in'? That doesnt sound like a very good reason to me. It sounds like this guy has a lot of family issues he's never gotten over to bad he has to play with someone elses head totally not related to him.

Glowy
June 18th, 2009, 06:59 PM
I do agree with Vamps after giving this some thought and reading both articles.

WitchJezebel
June 19th, 2009, 08:34 AM
He's not the kidnapped child:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/06/18/2009-06-18_the_mystery_remains_unsolved_fbi_says_michigan_man_is_not_missing_tot_.html