Alta Apantenco was a Texas waitress who needed someone to
watch her 22-month-old daughter, Melissa. Alta placed an ad in the paper and
hired the first woman to respond. The woman took Melissa and never returned.
That was in 1971. For the next five decades, Alta and her family tried
everything they could think of to find Melissa, even hiring private
investigators. To add insult to injury, local law enforcement accused Alta of
having murdered her own child. This autumn, the family tried home DNA tests
from Ancestry and 23andMe and found a match. Melissa, now 53, has lived most of
her life in the Fort Worth area believing her name is Melanie. She had no idea
she’d been abducted. No criminal charges are expected, as the statute of
limitations expired years ago. But Melissa/Melanie and her family were finally
reunited November 27. I hope they have a great time getting to know each other
again.
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