Missing person found by police reunites with family after 45 years

[Asia Economy Reporter Gong Byung-sun] A younger sister who went missing on the street and was adopted to Sweden, along with her family, reunited after 45 years with the help of the police.

According to Dobong Police Station on the 19th, the missing person and her family, who had been missing for 45 years, reunited at Dobong Police Station on the 18th.

The missing person disappeared after boarding an unidentified bus while playing on the street with friends 45 years ago. The related case was first reported to Nowon Police Station in Seoul in June 2018.

After the case was transferred, the police officer in charge tracked the whereabouts of the subject through interviews with the reporter and adoption agencies. Upon confirming that the missing person had been adopted to Sweden, a genetic comparison analysis was requested from the National Forensic Service (NFS) in October 2019 after locating her. In November 2019, the NFS analysis confirmed biological kinship, and the officer informed the family of this fact.

However, the meeting scheduled for January 2020 was canceled due to COVID-19. Afterwards, they communicated via social networking services (SNS), and on the 4th of this month, the missing person entered Korea to meet her family.

The missing person, currently working as a forensic doctor in Sweden, said, “I am surprised that something that could happen in a movie happened to me,” and “I am grateful to the police who made this a reality.”

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