Nearly 50 years after a 4-year-old boy vanished while playing in the woods in a Massachusetts town, law enforcement officials and family members are again asking the public for help with tracking him down or finding his remains.
The Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Webster Police Department on Tuesday announced a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the disappearance of Andrew J. Amato.
On Sept. 30, 1978, Amato was reported missing by his mother. The boy was last seen by his 7-year-old sister and his 6-year-old cousin earlier that day in a wooded area next to the Ash Street Trailer Park in the Worcester County town of Webster.
The children were walking along a trail near Route 52, now known as Interstate 395, when they came across a brook, and Andrew stumbled, dropping his toy, according to investigators. He refused to head back home without it, so his family went to get help…