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Entire family completely overwhelmed. back in august of 1971 melissa highsmith was picked up at her apartment complex where she lived with her mother at the time. she's 22 months old. the mom needed a babysitter because she had to work. the babysitter shows up and then disappears. they never get another call, they never hear another word about her. this goes on for more than five decades, 51 years, until a few weeks ago the parents had submitted a dna sampling and the family members submitted that as well, and it came back as a match with melissa highsmith, who is now 53 years old and has chil...