Missing in Georgia | Efforts to find Raymond Green
James Holden Raymond Green was only five days old when he was abducted in southwest Atlanta on Nov. 6, 1978.
ATLANTA — A new nationwide search is working to find a man who has been missing since he was just an infant back in the 1970s.
Raymond Green was only five days old when he was abducted in southwest Atlanta on Nov. 6, 1978.
His mother, Donna Green, said she befriended a woman who went by "Lisa" after giving birth and alleges that woman showed up one day and abducted the child.
Green said it never crossed her mind that someone was trying to steal her baby.
"I remember his smile, I remember how holding him just brought me a lot of joy," Donna said. "I never would've thought that would happen to me."
Now, more than 40 years later, a new initiative hopes to locate Raymond Green, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
Gas pumps across the U.S. will spotlight the case in hopes of someone, anyone, offering information.
A new age progression image of Raymond will be shown on all @FueledByGSTV screens located at more than 28,000 fuel retailers in 48 states. @Atlanta_Police and NCMEC released the new image, which shows what Raymond might look like today at age 44.
— National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (@MissingKids) February 22, 2023
The video will play at gas pumps, showing what Raymond Green looked like as an infant and a composite of what he's expected to look like now. The NMEC, along with Donna, announced that a video will play with hopes that a man identifies with a photo and is encouraged to take a DNA test.
Donna wants her son to know that she's never lost hope and still prays to be reunited.
"You will come home to six whole brothers and sisters, you'll come home to people that's been praying for you been out there just like I have [been] looking for you," she said. "We believe you're out there."
Composite sketches have been provided showcasing what Green is believed to look like now and what his alleged kidnapper may have looked like at the time. The composites are depicted in the gallery below.
