{"id":260531,"date":"2024-09-23T15:25:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T15:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/23\/what-to-know-about-his-1951-abduction-case-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:11:10","slug":"what-to-know-about-his-1951-abduction-case-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/23\/what-to-know-about-his-1951-abduction-case-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Know About His 1951 Abduction Case \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-image\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-1515203222_45c30d-e1727103241650.jpeg?resize=384%2C216\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc wp-post-image\" alt=\"SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 30: An aerial view of downtown Oakland on May 30, 2023 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Brandon Sloter\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-1515203222_45c30d-e1727103241650.jpeg?resize=384%2C216 384w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-1515203222_45c30d-e1727103241650.jpeg?resize=768%2C432 768w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-1515203222_45c30d-e1727103241650.jpeg?resize=1536%2C864 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 670px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption id=\"lead-image-credit\">Image Credit: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- .entry-media --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><strong>Luis Armando Albino<\/strong> had been missing since his February 1951 abduction. At the time, he was playing in an Oakland, California, park with his older brother, Roger, and suddenly vanished. More than 70 years later, Albino\u2019s case is making headlines again.<\/p>\n<h2>Who Is Luis Armando Albino?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">Albino was just 6 years old in 1951 when he went missing. At the time, a woman had lured him in by offering the child candy. Afterward, Albino was moved to the East Coast and was raised by a couple as if he were their own child. However, this wasn\u2019t discovered until recently when his niece, Alida Alequin, put the pieces together after taking an online ancestry test.<\/p>\n<h2>Is Luis Armando Albino Alive?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">Albino is now in his 70s and is a father, grandfather, retired firefighter and a Marine Corps veteran. His older brother, Roger, however died this year after he reunited with Albino. The brothers\u2019 mother, Antonia Albino, died in 2005 at the age of 92.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LuisArmandoAlbino?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">#LuisArmandoAlbino<\/a> is alive. <\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">70 years ago, at only 6YO old, Luis was lured with the promise of candy by a woman who abducted him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">A couple ended up raising him as their own.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">He became a marine and a firefighter.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">After all these decades, Luis was reunited with his brother.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">I\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sSkQtTjnB9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">pic.twitter.com\/sSkQtTjnB9<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">\u2014 Jennifer Coffindaffer (@CoffindafferFBI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoffindafferFBI\/status\/1838030315027145174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">September 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>How Was Luis Armando Albino Found?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-12\">In 2020, Albino\u2019s niece Alida Alequin took an online ancestry test, which required her to provide a sample of her DNA. Per her results, there was a 22 percent match to Albino, but Alequin didn\u2019t know that the child who went missing in 1951 was her uncle. Nearly four years later, \u00a0Alequin pieced her uncle\u2019s case together by finding old newspaper clippings and other reports. Once she discovered that Albino was her relative, Alequin took her findings to the Oakland Police, and they agreed to an investigation. Authorities told the <em>Mercury News<\/em> that Alequin \u201cplayed an integral role in finding her uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-13\">Albino then provided his DNA to authorities, which proved that he was the 6-year-old who went missing seven decades prior. He has declined to publicly comment on his case, but Alequin told the <em>Mercury News<\/em> that Albino reunited with his family.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-14\">\u201c[He] hugged me and said, \u2018Thank you for finding me\u2019 and gave me a kiss on the cheek,\u201d Alequin told the publication. \u201cAll this time, the family kept thinking of him,\u201d Alequin said. \u201cI always knew I had an uncle. We spoke of him a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/luis-armando-albino-abduction-5322888\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Image Credit: Getty Images Luis Armando Albino had been missing since his February 1951 abduction. 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