Hong Kong (CNN) The abduction of 2-year-old Guo Xinzhen in eastern China in 1997 sparked a desperate, seemingly never-ending nationwide search by his parents that inspired filmmakers to bring their story to the big screen. But this week -- 24 years after his disappearance -- the search for Guo finally came to an end. Police in Liaocheng City, Shandong province, said Monday they had found Guo, now an adult living in neighboring Henan province -- and had reunited him with his parents. Video footage of the reunion on Sunday, released by police, shows the family in tears and embracing tightly, crying out, "We found you, you've come back." Guo had been abducted near his home by an unfamiliar woman, his parents told police in 1997.

Source: CNN July 14, 2021 07:41 UTC