How Authorities Found Andrea Michelle Reyes 25 Years After Kidnapping
The discovery of Andrea Michelle Reyes came after years of searching and a DNA test. The now-27-year-old—who was abducted by her biological mother Rosa Tenorio when she was just 23 months old...
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The discovery of Andrea Michelle Reyes came after years of searching and a DNA test.
The now-27-year-old—who was abducted by her biological mother Rosa Tenorio when she was just 23 months old from New Haven, Connecticut, in 1999—was discovered in Puebla, Mexico, after authorities reopened her cold case file in 2023 and partially utilized new DNA technology.
In a statement shared to social media, the New Haven Police Department shared that detective Kealyn Nivakoff had located Andrea after a “combination of interviews, search warrants and social media,” reuniting her with her father, who had sole custody of her at the time of her abduction.
“Detective Nivakoff determined that Andrea, now in her 20s, had been taken by Rosa to Mexico and was residing in Puebla, a city of over a million people,” the statement, shared to X March 5, detailed, adding that Nivakoff, “was able to establish contact with Andrea and, in partnership with the DNA testing at company Ortham, confirm the relationship between father and daughter.”
