It's a moment the Highsmith family never thought would come, but never stopped hoping would happen – the moment Melissa Highsmith hugged her family again 51 years after she was abducted as a baby.
– It's a moment the Highsmith family never thought would come, but never stopped hoping would happen – the moment"My heart is full and bursting with so much emotion and I'm just really, really, really happy," said Melissa Highsmith.
"I guess I gave up, I mean after 51 years you don't ever expect to see a child again," said Alta Apantenco, Melissa's mother.The family says they now know she was sold to a woman who mistreated her. Melissa eventually ran away at 15-years-old and had three children of her own. But Melissa, who was known as Melanie, was living right here in Fort Worth.
In a statement, Fort Worth police told CBS 11 it's still investigating Melissa's disappearance, saying:
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