Man finds self on missing children's website, 30 years after father reported him missing when mother "took him for a walk and didn't return". He believes she put him in an orphanage with a false name. CNN avoids the word abduction.

therealxris · 2012-04-27T05:14:16+00:00

CBS says abduction, though.

Celda · 2012-04-27T06:36:13+00:00

....

What the fuck.

This is seriously enraging...this man had his life taken away from him.

Equa1 · 2012-04-27T16:57:54+00:00

WTF is up with CNN lately? I don't ever watch the channel but lately they are stepping up their misandry. Yesterday I tuned in and to my amazement (not amazed at all actually) they had a big blurb on the screen, "The year of the woman" it read and the whole conversation was about the "war on women" and how important female voters are to any political party. I'm sitting there wondering WTF is the war on women?

firex726 · 2012-04-27T10:39:58+00:00

OH but it was still somehow his fault.

Something about him not remembering her on Mothers day so that gave her a free "abduct-a-child" card.

2012-04-27T10:13:06+00:00

fuck this planet. fuck everything about it.

Eryemil · 2012-04-27T09:17:37+00:00

I... what? Fuck. No!

Anyone else at a loss for words?

Haezeus · 2012-04-27T15:21:46+00:00

his mother, Charlotte Moriarty

ಠ_ಠ

I think I could've seen this one coming.

nazimods · 2012-04-27T15:13:13+00:00

This is disgusting! How can

chavelah · 2012-04-27T12:54:48+00:00

It's certainly a parental abduction and should be described as such.

But I wouldn't be surprised if everything about this case turns out to be ugly as hell, including the circumstances of this man's early years. Parental abductions for the purpose of keeping a child are pretty common. Parental abduction for the purpose of placing a preschooler in an orphanage? That shit is shocking. I hope this man is able to get the complete story, and that there is somebody in his bio family that he ends up wanting as part of his life.

EDIT: the CBS story has more details. The cops picked up crazy-ass mom with infant, mom is committed, makes up a fake dad and disappears later. While that's horrible, it's LESS horrible because there's less of a window for horrible things to happen to the kid.

Peter_Principle_ · 2012-04-27T14:40:18+00:00

He is legally his mothers property and can be disposed of as she pleases. I'm not saying ethically, just legally. Sounds Taliban-ish doesn't it? Because it is.

agilecaveman · 2012-04-27T21:51:23+00:00

Wasn't there a movie about this? I can't seem to recall the name, oh yeah it was: Abduction.

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