FORT MYERS, Fla. (WFLA) — A brand new age development picture exhibits what an 18-year-old could seem like after he was kidnapped as an toddler from Fort Myers in 2006.
A forensic artist for the Nationwide Middle for Lacking & Exploited Youngsters (NCMEC) created the picture for Bryan Dos Santos Gomes.
Officers stated Gomes was kidnapped on Dec. 1, 2006, by an unknown girl driving a late 90s black SUV, probably a Ford Explorer, when he was simply 28 days previous. Gomes’ mother and father have been getting back from a physician’s go to when the lady, who claimed to be from Tampa, stopped to ask for instructions as a result of she wasn’t accustomed to the realm.
The household acquired within the girl’s automotive, however when she went to drop them off, she saved the mom, Maria, and the infant within the automobile. Armed with a knife, the suspect, described as a heavy-set Hispanic girl in her late 20s, drove off with the 2 nonetheless inside. Maria flagged a bystander who had known as 911. The suspect ordered Maria to the bottom at knifepoint and fled with the kid.
Now, new imagery exhibits what Gomes could seem like in the present day, on the age of 18.
NCMEC’s Director of Communications Angeline Hartmann hopes the unfold of the age development picture will assist somebody establish Gomes, who could also be unaware of his true identification and previous.
“It’s been 18 painful years with out solutions, however we now have by no means stopped looking for Bryan,” his mother and father, Maria Ramos Dos Santos and Jurandir Costa stated. “Not a day goes by that we don’t consider him and marvel the place he’s. Bryan, we love you a lot. You may have a brother and sister who need to meet you, and a household that’s by no means given up hope that you’re nonetheless on the market. We simply need solutions.”
“For 18 years, this case has remained near our hearts, and our dedication to uncovering the reality has by no means wavered,” Megan Fuentes, the division’s Public Info Specialist stated. “Now that Bryan is eighteen, we consider there’s a renewed alternative for solutions. He could also be on the market inquisitive about his background, his identification, and the place he got here from.”
Investigators say it’s doable the suspect kidnapped child Bryan to boost him as her personal.
“We now have to get these mother and father their little one again,” Fort Myers detectives stated.
Anybody with details about this case is requested to contact NCMEC at 1-800-843-5678 or Fort Myers police at 239-321-7700. Suggestions will also be submitted by means of the AtlasOne app or by means of Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-8477.
Learn extra about Gomes’ case by visiting NCMEC’s blog.
