Child Kidnapped From Kentucky In 1983 Found Alive Over 40 Years Later

Michelle Marie Newton, a Kentucky woman who was reported missing in 1983 when she was a child, was finally reunited with her family after over 40 years.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office announced that Michelle contacted authorities after discovering her “true family history.” She had been living in another state under a different identity.

“This is the kind of case you see once in a law enforcement career,” Jefferson County Chief Deputy Colonel Steve Healey said in a news release, as per WDRB.

Michelle Newton reunited with her family four decades after she was abducted

Michelle was only 3 years old when she disappeared from Louisville in April 1983.

Her mother, Debra Newton, who was the non-custodial parent at the time, took her to Georgia “to begin a new job and prepare a new ho