A missing boy has been found alive and well 73 years after being abducted, putting an end to a decades-old cold case.Luis Armando Albino, who was born in Puerto Rico, was aged 6 when he was snatched from a park in West Oakland, California in 1951.According to multiple reports, Albino was tracked down thanks to DNA testing and newspaper clippings and was found alive on the east coast of the USA.Luis Armando Albino (right) pictured with his brother Roger. (Source: NBC Bay Area) (NBC Bay Area)Albino, a retired firefighter and Marine Corps veteran, was found after 73 years by his niece Alida Alequin, 63, the LA Times reports.Albino was playing in Jefferson Square Park near his family home with his brother Roger in February 1951 when he was lured away, an article from the Oakland Tribune reported at the time.His niece told the press Albino was taken to the east coast by a couple who then raised him as their son.Albino’s mother, who died in 2005, kept a newspaper clipping of the article…
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