Father finds kidnapped son after 22 years of desperate search (5 photos)

October 9, 2001 divided Lei Wujie's life into before and after. A resident of Yueyang, Hunan province, left his 4-year-old son Yuechuan under the care of a neighbor. The woman later told police that she had noticed a suspicious man on the street. And when she lost sight of the child, he kidnapped Yuechuan. Lei immediately went in search of his son around Yueyang and his surroundings. Years passed, but the father did not give up, and this year his perseverance has borne fruit.

For more than two decades, a resident of China has been looking for a son and his efforts were crowned with success





Lei Wujie made friends with his parents, who are just as desperate looking for their children. Family reunion stories gave him hope that one day he will be able to hug his son. He did not give up, he forgot about fatigue, and not so long ago took advantage of experimental technology face recognition.

Lei Wujie traveled to hundreds of cities, turned to three hundred policemen for help



Salvation for Lei Wujie was the latest program face recognition. The police created a portrait of a grown-up Yuechuan and found possible matches.



Earlier this year, Wujie was told that his DNA matched DNA of a 26-year-old man from Shenzhen, more than 900 kilometers away child abduction. It is noteworthy that the father visited several times Shenzhen, once even stopped a few kilometers from home Yuechuan, but never met him.

Salvation for Lei Wujie was the latest facial recognition software



On his deathbed, his father asked Lei Wujie to return his grandson home, and he dedicated his life to this goal. Man posting flyers throughout China, participated in television shows and radio programs, always was active on the web. Lay estimates that over the past 22 years he has devoted searching for Yuechuan more than 70% of his time.



After the disappearance of their son, the Wujie family had a daughter. Every year parents bought Yuechuan birthday presents, they believed that he was theirs will definitely see. And so it happened: last month, the parents found son. It is not yet known whether Yuechuan has a family of his own and whether he wants to live with their biological parents. In any case, this story happy ending.