Boy who was kidnapped as infant freed at age 16

A 16-year-old Latvian boy who was kidnapped as an infant could soon be reunited with his mother after a startling break in the case, authorities said Wednesday.

Investigators made the discovery after the woman who raised the boy in Daugavpils, near the border with Belarus, was arrested in a separate case and questions arose about the boy's identity, police spokeswoman Inguna Dunda said.

The boy had no birth certificate or personal ID code — obligatory in Latvia — which prompted investigators to reopen the 1992 kidnapping case that was closed six years ago because of a lack of leads.
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A DNA test confirmed that the teenager was the boy who was kidnapped when he was just 1 1/2 months old

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