The brother of the woman kidnapped by a babysitter in 1971 said ‘God answered my prayers’ after an emotional reunion with the sister he’s been searching for most of his life.
Jeff Highsmith, 42, told DailyMail.com that he was only six years old when his parents told him about his sister Melissa Highsmith’s abduction.
He said at the time he was too young to understand, but around thirteen he began to do his own research and became obsessed with her disappearance.
‘It was a horrible tragedy and we never thought we would find her and we just moved on but it haunted me and consumed me,’ Jeff said.
Melissa, now 53, was kidnapped from her mother’s Texas home just months before she turned two. It wasn’t until Thanksgiving eve that Jeff’s prayers were answered. After decades of dead ends, cold leads and unanswered questions, the siblings met for the first time.
They reunited at a Starbucks in the Forth Worth, Texas. Jeff says one of the most remarkable things was Melissa did not even know…
