It was cold the night of Jan. 22, 2010, and witnesses say 7-year-old Patrick Alford Jr. wasn’t dressed for the weather outside.
He was merely throwing out the trash inside his apartment building, then he was supposed to head right back to his foster mother’s apartment.
But police say he seemingly vanished without a trace. Fifteen years later, he still hasn’t been found.
Who is Patrick Alford Jr.?
In 2010, CBS News New York reported that Patrick’s biological mother, Jennifer Rodriguez, had admitted to being a drug addict and shoplifting, and she said she called child welfare for help. Rodriguez, who had been living on Staten Island at the time, then handed over custody of Patrick and his younger sister…