A 21-year-old Chinese man has been reunited with his biological family after almost two decades when police decided to use FaceApp-style technology to predict his present appearance. The man, Yu Weifeng, was abducted 18 years ago in 2001 from a construction site where his biological father used to work as a foreman,
After sorting through nearly 100 potential candidates, officers narrowed them down to 21-year-old Weifang – a student school in China’s Guangzhou province.
Investigator Zheng Zhenhai said: “When he found him, he refused to believe that he was a kidnapped child, but DNA confirmed that he was a match with his biological parents.”
Weifang, whose adoptive parents named Li, went missing in 2001 near a construction site where his father worked.
His parents filed a missing person report and the incident was treated as a kidnapping case.
Yu Weifang as a child (Photo: Courtesy)
His biological parents Yu Xingquan and Rong Muhuan searched high and low in neighbouring cities but could not find any trace of their missing son.
They even offered a reward of Sh1.5 million for anyone with information at the time.