Texas Woman Kidnapped from Home 51 Years Ago as Toddler Changes Name Back to One Given by Parents
Melissa Highsmith.Photo: Highsmith family Melissa’s father, Jeffrie Highsmith, told the judge, “Thank you, your honor.” At that point, the judge stood up, took off his glasses and joined in the applause before posing for a photo with the reunited family. “Me and my mom were never close,“Melissa, 53, told PEOPLE last November.“And the whole time I was there, it was a bad childhood.” “I wasn’t allowed to go outside and play, or she always sheltered me,” she says....