Man’s Jaw Drops When He Sees Picture Of Himself On Missing Kids Website

Note: This story originally made headlines in April 2012.

Steve Carter, a 35-year-old man from Philadelphia, made a shocking discovery when he found his own baby photo on a missing children’s website. Adopted from a Hawaiian orphanage at age 4, Carter had long wondered about his origins.

Inspired by another missing person case, he searched Missingkids.com and recognized himself in an age-progressed image. DNA tests later confirmed his real identity: Marx Panama Moriarty Barnes. He had been reported missing over 30 years earlier by his biological father after his mother disappeared with him.

Carter’s case is now seen as a rare but hopeful ending to a decades-old mystery, reminding others with questions about their past to seek answers—they just might find them.