It's been a long time but an elderly woman in Kentucky finally had her son come home after he was kidnapped by a babysitter 55 years ago.
Anna-Mary Barnett and Jerry Barnett were reunited after he went missing when he was five years old. That's when a babysitter she didn’t know well disappeared with her boy. Barnett was a teenage mom at the time, and was struggling to get by. A few years later, Jerry wound up in foster care in Delaware, abandoned by the babysitter who had moved there. His last name in Delaware was Thomas.
The reunion came about after Jerry's son, Damon Parker, took a DNA test from a website and discovered he had a cousin and a grandmother that lived in Kentucky. Once the DNA test confirmed there were unknown relatives, Damon got on Facebook and found the long-lost family members!
Anna-Mary and members of her family said they asked agencies for help finding her son over the years but never had any luck. She is now grateful to have her son back in her life.
[WLKY]
Photo: Anna-Mary Barnett