Mother-of-5 learns she has been missing for over 40 years | GMA

Investigators tracked down “Baby Holly,” who is now 42 and has been reunited with some of her biological family members.
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[@mzbatonrougebeauty5267]

I'm so glad her grandmother is still alive to see this

[@annanderson7]

Absolutely wonderful!

[@Moversandahakers]

You can feel her families pain and joy. What a miracle, I’m so thankful they will be reunited

[@huntno]

SHE LOOKS LIKE THE GRANDMA FROM HARDY BOYS

[@barbaraborowitz1536]

@Grilled Cheese Sandwichand a lot more

[@barbaraborowitz1536]

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[@christinefox9075]

Grandma never gave up. Hearing her, wanting to hug Holly brought tears to my eyes.

[@LabzAli]

Me too. Crying like a baby right about now

[@thepressgirl]

I'm glad the grandmother was able to finally get her answer. How tragic to have her parents murdered when she was so young.

[@sugar2th173]

So lucky her aunt and grandmother lived to see her alive. I’m adopted and this hits home. Oh boy. What a blessing.

[@pendizzy6352]

Wow I started my commemt with oh boy. I'm glad she was found and has her family also.. we said the same thing basically. ❣️

[@sugar2th173]

@@pendizzy6352 awwww it really got me too 🥺❤️

[@incredible5348]

,,,,,,,,,@@sugar2th173 yfjdhggdfyxfgxhfg

[@cherikugler5941]

Hallelujah, praise the Lord!!! So excited for them!!!

[@eckankar7756]

She looks just like her aunt

[@cicidelossantos]

Wow. When her Grandma said that she has her mother's voice. I bet the was the sweetest sound for her ears to hear after all these years.

[@joanneaugust1489]

Just imagine - her grandmother turned from a grandmother searching for her granddaughter into a great- and even a great-great-grandmother over night. Must be quite overwhelming to gain so much family so suddenly! In a positive way, of course.

[@barbaraborowitz1536]

Uubu

[@Meo9131]

I am so glad her grandmother is still here to see that her grandbaby is okay and to find out that she is a great grandmother. Hopefully they can meet in person so and actually hug each other. I cannot even imagine being left at a church not knowing my biological parents only to find out you've been spared in a murder.

[@WonderWhatHappened]

She's a great great grandmother. I think .

[@sakurachamsy]

@@WonderWhatHappened Yes since Holly is a grandmother herself! ♥️

[@jenniferlynn3537]

This would have been around 1980 - not so long ago in my opinion. I find it revolting that Arizona authorities permitted a legal adoption of an abandoned infant without having checked for missing children. Likewise, I would have expected Texas authorities to have notified sister states of the missing infant in case an unidentified child happened to pop up in their jurisdictions. The good old days. 🤨

[@lucashogan2912]

Bless the grandmother 😢 What an absolutely horrific crime that could only be committed by a monster. At least the family has a little peace now finding holly

[@PatinaEdochie]

Right this is so tragic and I’m just glad atleast the baby was spared and they are reunited 🙏🏽💓 Nowadays people are so heartless especially compared to back then in the 70s & 80s that they killing the babies too 😩 Just yesterday a local Amber Alert for a missing 1 yr old girl was issued after her Mother had been killed by the Dad and by morning the news reported the baby was found not alive 🥺💔 and I can’t bring myself to swipe the alert notification away off my home screen like I usually do cause it’s so heartbreaking thinkin about what end up happening to her smh 💔🙏🏽👼🏽

[@christiewilliams1704]

Or committed by monsters 👹, who hide behind a religious group.

[@lucifermorningstarwishesyo2607]

There's no such thing as monsters. Only humans.

[@steenystuff1075]

@@christiewilliams1704 My thoughts precisely. The fact they mentioned the separation of men and women makes me think this couple disobeyed that directive and received a brutal punishment. 😕

[@christiewilliams1704]

@@steenystuff1075 Yes, these cults do not mind beating you and gang killing you. Exhibit A-Jim Jones. A chick in Fort Worth, TX was apart of a religious cult. They had too many rules...more than God's commandments. Out of frustration she rebelled, 2 superiors beat her up. Some how she left and showed me her bruises. Appalling.

[@rachelmartin476]

Thank God her Grandma is still alive

[@trevorjennings721]

Hello Rachel, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@judil3294]

I am so thankful to find she was raised by loving adoptive parents instead of abductors as that would have twisted and ruined all childhood memories.

[@kellythomas7619]

Hello Judi how are you doing today.

[@glamsky3257]

How do you know that the adopting parents were good and loving?

[@denyss3476]

True! Bet the people who dropped her off at the church, knew something about what happened to her parents! But most likely they're dead by now! No way to trace them.

[@jenniferlynn3537]

@@glamsky3257Thank you for that observation. I can’t imagine why everyone in this society automatically thinks adoptive parents are so benevolent and have the best intentions. I’m sitting here asking how it is the F.B.I. wasn’t notified of an unidentified abandoned infant. Also: A 42 year old woman who is already a grandmother... that’s not the norm these days. Sounds to me as though there were some problems along the way.

[@Kira36k]

That goes to show you never lose hope

[@kellythomas7619]

Hello Kira how are you doing today.

[@tarshaneilly518]

Bittersweet is correct. So sad her mom and dad were unable to raise her and see their grandkids. Happy the grandmom can see her grand/great grand kids.

[@eh-i1841]

Her poor parents.I feel so sad for them,and Holly.

[@someone3187]

I was going to write the exact same thing. Feeling so sorry for them, too.

[@flowergrower1247]

What kind of person or persons would do such a horrible crime? Thank God they spared the child.

[@lindagibson744]

Do you think the 2 women may be able to answer questions in this case?

[@anthonyguarino4242]

An evil person that murdered her parents! It’s surprising that holly is found safe and now a mother of five kids! I wondered if her kids find out that their mother is a missing person for 41 years?!

[@sevenspecie592]

I would be.very curious in finding out how this nomadic religious.group ended up with baby Hollyl

[@freshstart4423]

This is more common than people think. Politicians give people a false sense of security. They pretend to prevent crime by lying to voters.

[@Jibbie49]

@@sevenspecie592 Well, they had the couple's car, and had called the mother saying the couple was giving it up and not having contact with the family, so they knew the couple. Were they murdered by someone else after that point? Doubtful. They knew they couldn't return Holly to her GM, as she'd know the couple wouldn't give her up.

[@kx1490]

Wow. I want to hear Holly's story

[@Cyberlucy]

Thank god that the Aunt and the Grandmother finally know she's ok. At least some of their questions are now answered and thankfully it's a reunion.

[@windycity70]

How did they get gerl?

[@windycity70]

Her!?

[@sngray11]

What a wonderful blessing to her parents families to have found Holly after all of these years! 💗 I just hope that Holly’s parents will one day receive justice. 🙏🏼

[@trulyloveEgypt]

There clearly needs to be a system where when a child is given up, the authorities should be notified. That way, missing children can be found when they are still children.

[@checkyourhead9]

imagine all the feelings and emotions. tinas sister and mother not knowing what happens to the three of them. knowing that you will probably never ever find out. going decades without any information or knowing what happened to them and then all this . such an overload of emotion. also fot the baby, now grown, how sad she must feel and it's just so much to comprehend.

[@kellythomas7619]

Hello Teresa how are you doing today.

[@kikidee7680]

It broke my heart when Holly's Grandmom said that she could finally lay down & sleep because they found her!

[@trevorjennings721]

Hello Kiki, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@2KLONEWOLF]

i think the two women that took holly did it. because what doesnt make sense to me is how holly was left in an arizona church, and not somewhere in houston or at least texas. and how you found a baby, was the baby left outside or something ??

[@nanathegoat5106]

LoL you KZbin Detectives kill me

[@spiceyboogerspiceybooger6437]

Or saved her.

[@user-jc8py7dw7r]

How dumb. Two religious women beat a young man and woman to death? You need to learn critical thinking skills bc your ignorance is embarrassing.

[@kathleenweinberg6442]

What a story thank God they found the precious baby 🍼 it's sad to hear about the parents but now she was able to live

[@immealldayeveryday9425]

They definitely need a criminal investigation, it might be very possible that the people who had her could have been the very same ones who killed her parents

[@kathleenweinberg6442]

Okay

[@megankissinger8269]

@@immealldayeveryday9425 They weren't. The people who killed her dropped her off at a church and she was adopted out.

[@govindsankarmr2716]

thank god? really?

[@businessnow2499]

Wow!! Now her grandmom can rest in peace when she passes because her grand daughter is home!! Praise GOD!! WOW!

[@gizzyfrizzy1]

This gives so much hope that other missing children are still alive. What a miracle!

[@rehaan4062]

i request you.. Help us my mother is heart patient i have one small sister and brother. we are in trouble. Our house is broken because of the flood We have become homeless. my father is died please help us God will also help you please🙏

[@DemPilafian]

Miracle? Parents of a baby being strangled to death by white robe wearing vegetarian cult members is not exactly what I would call a miracle.

[@gizzyfrizzy1]

@@rehaan4062 I will pray for you. Have faith and trust always. Even in our most desperate times God is with us and will help us. Leave it to God!

[@antd8259]

Going to be interested about what happened to her parents. I think I remember watching a show about this case a while back. Wow that’s a long time to be missing.

[@EveryHandleIsTaken979]

Oh my heart went out to that grandma. How unimaginable!

[@PuertoricanSpanglishcooking]

So happy her grandma got to meet her again. It's a beautiful miracle for her and her family❤

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

Wow!! Unbelievable!! But the grandmother is right. Never stop believing in God’s miracles! Thank You Father for reuniting this family and may they meet in person soon!

[@HiddenAutumn]

True. ❤️

[@denisecrowe55]

Soon ... Amen 🙏 to that Sister ..

[@eyesup9542]

Amen 🕊💙

[@LuckyLu602]

I think it was Ancestry DNA that brought this girl to her family.

[@shannonscheffel7366]

​@Grilled Cheese Sandwich at this point?? are new ones appearing regularly?😂😂😂

[@sst6358]

Aww 🥰 so horrific for the grandmother to lose her daughter and son in law like that but seeing Holly must make her life again

[@ReigningWomban]

Wow. What a tragedy and a miracle. 🙏🏾

[@mindyedwards3574]

So happy for this family! Prayers for a healing reunion and answers to questions.

[@pigeonlove]

Well the prayers to prevent discovery of the torture and murder of her parents didn't work out so well. But hey, let's pray for a few more juicy details just for our entertainment.

[@mindyedwards3574]

@@pigeonlove OR you take a few seats and recognize that the damage is done and NOW there are some answers AND that is a space where healing can happen.

[@1o1RedHead]

I think the grandmother can rest easy, knowing the whereabouts of her grand daughter.

[@lucilleebanks3860]

The wicked ness is everywhere that's why we can't point fingers

[@Mimichele78]

Such a wonderful thing to happen! Much needed good news after all the bad there has been lately

[@rehaan4062]

i request you.. Help us my mother is heart patient i have one small sister and brother. we are in trouble. Our house is broken because of the flood We have become homeless. my father is died please help us God will also help you please🙏

[@user1.8.2.]

Holy God! Truly a Miracle! So Glad people who never stopped longing for her are still here to embrace her.

[@anastasiamitsos5072]

incredible news😢cold case after 40 years! God bless them all!

[@kellythomas7619]

Hello Ana how are you doing today

[@TripNWithRed]

This family has been through so much for way too long. Thank goodness they have been able to reunite.

[@jesuslovesjudy]

It's touching to me she said never give up, just keep believing in God. And then it turns out that a family at a Church raised her. God's hands protecting her and putting her in a loving Christian home. ❤️

[@PaiviProject]

Oh wow what a crazy wild and sad story. I bet that was one helluva shocker for her. I wish them all the best going forward and meeting & whatever happens next. Updates would be nice.

[@kimberlydmartin3533]

Thank God, holly was found 40 years later, that is a Miracle. Thank you Father for finding Holly.

[@MisterMan7516]

Bshahaha!!!!

[@k.s.k.7721]

God didn't find this child, the team of investigators who kept this cold case open, and forensic scientists did, so let's give them some credit.

[@aClownBaby-]

Father? What’re you on about

[@ScreamingDucksShotMyMother]

The same God that had her parents violently murdered before she even got to know them, had her kidnapped, and then abandoned, and left her in the dark about the tragedy for 40 years 🥰🥰 I'm sure you'll say he didn't do any of that, because after all, you people seem to think God only ever does the good stuff 😉

[@forgiven5919]

Thank you for recognizing Holy God he will bless you.

[@brooklynsecrets21]

Wow that grandma has gotten her prayers answered thanks god he is good all the time

[@aliceblake4414]

I hope she has happiness for the rest of her life.

[@ValHeartNDHeartSuqquNoHeartPat]

I’m crying here, what an incredible story

[@jennifertaylor2593]

She looks so much like her mother ❤ Such a heartbreaking case.. I’m happy to hear she’s finally reunited after all these years. ❤❤

[@ashleighcalmestascier2160]

So good to hear.

[@annanderson7]

I am also adopted. This hits home a bit. And makes you wonder 🤔

[@monstermcboo7282]

I have a friend who found both of his birth parents and it did NOT go well. I have another adopted friend who found out her birth mother had passed but her bio mom’s sister informed my friend that her conception was due to the r word and the mom was forced to give up the baby after she refused to end the pregnancy. Very sad stuff but she’s glad she KNOWS, and her bio aunt is a really wonderful person.

[@annanderson7]

@@monstermcboo7282 I have been thinking about getting a DNA test.

[@gingeroo5765]

@@monstermcboo7282 yeah, one reeeally needs to think long and hard about what they hope to accomplish vs all the unwanted negativity or heartache they could be taking on by seeking out their biological past. Usually, people who give their babies up for adoption do so under strained(at best) scenarios and others under bad ones. Knowing one’s biological history can only go so far unless a medical condition is at stake. But heartache cuts deeper than skin. Yes, you MIGHT be missing out on a wonderful extended family somewhere, but chances are unfortunately, greater that even if THEY aren’t weird, your appearance into their lives could cause a great deal of turmoil. Some people who give up a baby for adoption do so for personal reasons that they keep as a secret from alllll their spouses and children etc all their lives for all kinds of reasons that are complicated and deep. They suffer alone with that to keep the rest of their family or something else from falling apart. An appearance from a long lost child could REALLY cause big problems and you wouldn’t end up with a welcomed reception either. You might end up with resentment and more trouble than you ever dreamed. The saying that “Ignorance is bliss” is really so true more often than not. If you don’t already have trouble, don’t go borrowing any. If you are adopted and desperately want to reunite with your birth parent, I would suggest going at it in the safest way possible which is to make finding yourself as easy and accessible as possible for the parent so that IF theyWANT to find you, they have a decent chance at it. That way, you help it happen without risking imposing on them unwelcomingly. Because depending upon how your adoption contract was set up, it could have been written in such a way that cut off ALL forms and routes of contact for life. Once the adopted person becomes a legal adult though, they can then of course do things to make themselves more accessible- ESPECIALLY with the advent of Internet services. Life isn’t easy or fair as we all so painfully know.

[@nancyfahey7518]

Grandma had me in tears.

[@pendizzy6352]

Oh boy !! Sad she lost her immediate family. Glad she has the others her grandma and auntie ❤️ 🙏 💕

[@martinemjt]

That s really incredible!

[@Truchrissy76]

Wow that's crazy I'm glad her family has some closure to what happen especially her grandmother

[@anovemberstar]

i don't think it'll be closure - but rather a ripping open of old wounds. The baby they loved and cherish is in essence, a 42 year old stranger, a stranger who has no point of reference to her biological aunt and grandmother, thanks to some horrible people who kidnapped her and killed her parents

[@Truchrissy76]

@@anovemberstar Hopefully in time they will have some reference to each other, I'm just glad her grandmother got to know what happen to her before she pass on

[@janetskene3413]

I’m so glad especially for the grandmother who held out hope all these long long years ! HALLELUJAH! Great work to everyone that participated 💖🌹♥️❤️

[@trevorjennings721]

Hello Janet, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@mzparidise3000]

Thank God she found her family 🙏🏿

[@emilyflotilla931]

Such wonderful news! 💖

[@thehayses5076]

That so heartbreaking. But glad thr family has some closure now and glad Holly survived and led a good life.

[@iamdarl6195]

What a great young man. Thank you for saving her. May God bless your life tremendously. 🙏👏

[@donnafletcher5386]

Memory Eternal for her parents. Healing for her and her family.

[@marandamarvin]

I just love this sooo much!

[@brendalondon6238]

Thank heaven. So glad to hear this. I recall this case. I was a teenager.

[@trevorjennings721]

Hello Brenda, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@corinnebunetto1296]

Im so glad her family is still alive 😢❤ grandma what a joy

[@laurengregg4530]

So Awesome That She Was Found

[@Betty_Monroe]

Amen 🙏🏾 this is sooo beautiful ❤️

[@lornadouglas7887]

Dear love her family .

[@kathleendobens6648]

Nice to see a good ending story.

[@theelizabethan1]

Still, bittersweet.....

[@aparnarajesh]

Wants justice for her parents

[@-Roses--AD]

good ???

[@kellythomas7619]

Hello Kathleen how are you doing today.

[@briannaoutie2600]

This reminded me of a similar background story of Tyler Henrys The Mediums about his Mother. If you watched the netflix series she explained that her mother wasnt her mom the whole time growing up. Shes also in her 40s 50s too after finding out this and her non biological mother forced her biological mother to give her up when she was in a church affiliated hospital. Her nonbiological mother was in prison for murder so that would be something to look into.

[@gingeroo5765]

HOWWW on earth does one mother FORCE another to give up their baby in a hospital??🥴

[@salty_tae8299]

I’m glad the couple who adopted her weren’t suspects because imagine how she would feel if she learned her parents killed her birth parents and kidnapped her as a child, that would be devastating.

[@Kristinapedia]

As a novice genealogist I absolutely LOVE these stories!! Genetic Genealogy is only going to get better and there will be thousands of cold cases solved!

[@robertwalker9679]

Cece Moore is an amazing person!

[@authenticworldacademy]

This raises questions about the responsibility of churches and adoption agencies to ensure the children who are surrendered and placed into adoption are not missing children.

[@carriesimon5231]

And how did she get a birth certificate or social security number ?

[@PatinaEdochie]

I agree 💯

[@lionxwarrior3004]

@Grilled Cheese Sandwich I doubt it, the baby went missing in 1981

[@howiewill]

We didn’t have internet or DNA tests in 1981. The only way to verify would be through fingerprints or footprints. There really wasn’t a national database to scrub through and state to states didn’t really work together much. We’ve come a long way since then and still have issues.

[@jj-if6it]

How would they do that though, they couldn't use DNA in those days

[@mitchelle-dz4lo]

Incredible story.

[@sjwilloughby-greene8214]

WOW. I am so happy she is reuniting with her family. Prayers are with you all. 🙏

[@SP-ig3vs]

Made me cry

[@sarashaw6549]

Amazing how they figured out what they have being so long since this tragedy happened 😔 🙏❤️💯

[@traceyonus4749]

Is there any update on this story?

[@michellerene951]

I've always wondered about her! So glad they found her!

[@jynxsquawcrosby9716]

So heart breaking yet closure now

[@Felice_Enellen]

Oh my god, she looks exactly like her mom in the portrait photo at 2:47! It had to be so strange, yet joyous I'm sure, for her grandmother to see her own daughter living through her granddaughter...

[@Khous-yg1ur]

This is so incredible omg

[@reginariddle2266]

God bless the family!

[@terezobert2101]

Thank god grandma still alive🥰🥰🥰

[@BN2K]

Its been a dangerous world for a long long time

[@aaronjordan7602]

Even though her parents are dead this case could have been quickly solved with ancestry DNA or 23andMe. (In terms of reuniting with the family)

[@mphillips01ify]

Yep. Amazing that the Texas Attorney General's office didn't think of that, huh?

[@LulaMae21]

Many of those DNA services do not allow law enforcement access without a warrant, for the privacy of their clients. Edit: the identity of Pecos Jane was able to be solved partly because of one of these services, though!

[@theelizabethan1]

I'm guessing it was something like the Gedmatch data base. Those mentioned are not in the loop for handing over genetic information. They claim privacy protection for their customers.

[@cjlamonge2075]

Wow, what a story

[@DeisyNSG]

So glad she’s safe

[@chansohhar714]

Bless all

[@tominasrebornAngels]

I’m so happy you found your niece and granddaughter

[@fancysfolly554]

Such wonderful news. ❤️❤️

[@lisamurray8674]

Wow!!

[@coopsevy5664]

I won’t give up!! Thank you!!!

[@trevorjennings721]

Hello Robin, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@emmaschreiber4363]

Blessings and Love 🙏🙏❤️

[@adelebz7]

Wow!

[@jtmoore662]

Holly had been working in my hometown of Cushing Oklahoma all this time. I spoke to my parents back in Oklahoma yesterday and they told me about it.

[@equarg]

Yea, I read police came to her place of work to inform her of what they discovered. Imagine thinking you were abandoned by your parents, only to learn they were brutally murdered. That you have been missing for 42 years….and a still living Grandma wanted to talk to you.

[@lameas66]

Incredible

[@trayjosass]

This gives hope to all parents of missing children!

[@benden5095]

AMAZING

[@TheTaintedTragedy]

My God there are so many emotions behind this..not only did they find their long lost granddaughter and niece but now she has found out the both of her parents were murdered horrifically. I hope that they are all able to heal together even a little bit now that they have found each other.

[@TwitX2007]

I’m sure it’s good for “baby holly” to know her parents were in love and loved her very much .

[@dwaynedavis7178]

Breaks my heart. Glad there is some happy ending.

[@xenon54]

What's amazing is one child disappears and another the same age appears somewhere else fairly nearby and the law couldn't connect the dots.

[@Rebecca-hc5ju]

Yes!! I agree!! This didn't happen in 1902!! They easily could have located her family!

[@natalieeubank4533]

@@Rebecca-hc5ju easily? If they could have done it they would have, but they didn't have the technology that they do now

[@TheMargarita1948]

Agree. Did the church where the baby was left contact law enforcement or child welfare about it? Or were they dazzled by the “piety” of the kidnappers (that’s what these two white-robed barefoot women were at that point). Does that church still exist? Is there any investigation of the church under way?

[@LulaMae21]

Texas is a huge state, and Houston is on the eastern side of it. It's probably close to 500 miles to where the baby was dropped off. They also didn't know the murdered couple had a child until years later when they were finally identified. Not sure why you're so amazed that law enforcement wasn't looking for a child they didn't know existed.

[@xenon54]

@@LulaMae21 There is such a thing called a missing person report. Surely the parents of the young couple filed a report about the couple AND their grandchild. But that was the 1980s. I just doubt that today something like the sudden appearance of a child at a church wouldn't be investigated nationwide. Especially since the child was dropped off by bare footed "religious freaks".

[@triplezzz916]

Sad but amazing

[@lakevalowe4268]

Yaaaaayyyyyyy😍😍😍 Hi holly! Glad you made it through this ordeal❤❤

[@marianne3024]

I lived in Houston at that time, I was 9-so scary!! I’m so glad she was reunited.

[@jiyasharma3593]

she is very beautiful baby