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	Delimar Vera Cuevas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Delimar Vera Cuevas (born 1997) is a Puerto Rican girl who was apparently a kidnapping victim.
		Delimar is the daughter of Pedro Vera and Luz Aida Cuevas.
		Delimar asked Luz Maria if she was her real mother and played with her during their first meeting after six years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Delimar_Vera_Cuevas (458 words)

	6abc.com: Mother of Kidnapped Baby Files Suit
		Cuevas that her daughter was dead when that was a preposterous conclusion to reach under the circumstances," said Alan Feldman, one of Cuevas' attorneys.
		Cuevas and Vera have said that when they saw the little girl at a family birthday party earlier in 2004, they noted a resemblance and suspected the child might be theirs.
		Cuevas is asking for unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, plus attorneys' fees, for the "grievous pain and emotional trauma" of losing her daughter for several years.
	abclocal.go.com /wpvi/story?section=local&id=3300558 (405 words)

	My Way - News
		DNA tests confirmed on Monday that Delimar Vera is the biological daughter of Luz Cuevas, who recognized her daughter by her dimples in a chance meeting at a birthday party in Philadelphia two months ago.
		Cuevas, who has three sons, said she did not try to reclaim the child until she had proof that Delimar was her daughter.
		At the party, Cuevas obtained some of her daughter's hair, used for the DNA testing, by pretending to remove some chewing gum from it, said Cruz.
	news.myway.com /odd/article/id/336258\|oddlyenough\|03-02-2004::19:32\|reuters.html (305 words)

	Boston.com / News / Nation / Mother's evidence helps prove missing girl's identity
		Cuevas, 31, said she was also suspicious because Correa, 42, had announced that she was pregnant during a visit shortly after Delimar's birth.
		Cuevas, who speaks in halting English, said she instantly recognized the child as her daughter at the Jan. 24 birthday party.
		Cuevas and Delimar's father, Pedro Vera, 39, had a baby boy after Delimar's disappearance but broke up under the strain of losing their daughter.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2004/03/03/mothers_evidence_helps_prove_missing_girls_identity?mode=PF (622 words)

	CBC News:Girl presumed killed in fire found alive by mom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Delimar Vera, now six years old, is in New Jersey state custody after being recognized by her biological mother Luz Cuevas at a birthday party in January.
		Cuevas cut off strands of her daughter's hair at the party, telling the girl it was because she had bubble gum stuck in it.
		Cuevas said she recognized the dimple on her daughter's face at the birthday party of a child of an acquaintance.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/print/2004/03/02/world/girl_kidnapped040301 (283 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Mother reunited with 'dead' child
		Mrs Cuevas was at a child's birthday party in January, when she noticed that one of the children there bore a striking resemblance to her own.
		Delimar Vera was thought to have died in a fire in 1997, when she was only 10 days old.
		Ms Cuevas escaped the blaze with her other children, but she never accepted that her baby had died - pointing to the fact a bedroom window was mysteriously open, even though it was December.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/3545413.stm (391 words)

	The Trentonian - HAPPY FAMILY REUNION
		Cuevas said she instantly recognized the little girl as her daughter at a Jan. 24 birthday party given by a sister of Delimar’s father.
		DNA tests established that Cuevas and Vera were the girl’s biological parents and that Correa was not her birth mother, police said.
		Cuevas speaks limited English and she says fire officials ignored her claims that Delimar was missing from her crib.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=11091481&BRD=1697&PAG=461&dept_id=44551&rfi=6 (670 words)

	CBSNews.com: Print This Story
		Delimar Vera, who police believe was kidnapped when she was only a few days old, was reunited with her mother, Luz Cuevas, on Monday.
		Monday, Delimar was the picture of happiness: smiling broadly, waving to photographers and nuzzling her mother, whom she hadn't seen since she was 10 days old.
		Vera's attorney, Michael Luber, said his client desperately wants to be involved in his long-lost child's life but has been "blatantly refused and ignored." Vera was not invited to join Monday night's celebration.
	uttm.com /stories/2004/03/02/national/printable603359.shtml (653 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Cuevas said she knew she had just met her daughter because she recognized the moles on the girl's cheek.
		Cuevas is thrilled, but she also has bitter questions for the woman accused of kidnapping her child.
		Pedro Vera was stunned and excited that his daughter was alive and revisited the address where he last saw her.
	www.officer.com /news/IBS/wcmh/news-2032145.html (579 words)

	Cuevas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cuevas, as well as Cueva (the singular form) is a Spanish surname as well as a name used for many geographical places.
		the Cueva people are an extinct indigenous people exterminated in the 14th century.
		Delimar Vera Cuevas, Puerto Rican- born child kidnapped in an arson case in Philadelphia in 1997, subsequently returned to her parents in 2004
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cuevas (233 words)

	Judge OKs plan to reunite kidnapped girl with mother (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Cuevas attorney Anthony Cianfrani said the biological mother told authorities she believed Delimar had been kidnapped, but that nothing was done.
		To obtain possible DNA evidence Cuevas thought would prove the girl was hers, Cuevas pretended there was gum in the child's hair so she could pull off several strands.
		Vera arrived at court yesterday afternoon carrying a giant stuffed dog, apparently a gift for his daughter, who was not present at court.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04065/281328.stm (670 words)

	USATODAY.com - Mom takes home daughter thought killed in 1997 fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Luzaida Cuevas and the child she named Delimar Vera were officially reunited Monday afternoon at state family services offices in Burlington County, N.J. The family planned a "small, private gathering of friends and family" to celebrate, Cuevas' attorney, Alexander Murphy Jr., said in a statement.
		Cuevas will try to alleviate any distress and confusion for the child by calling her by the name she was given by her alleged kidnapper — Aaliyah.
		Cuevas and Vera, who are no longer a couple, were awarded legal custody of their daughter Friday.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2004-03-09-girl-mom_x.htm (506 words)

	USATODAY.com - Newborn thought killed in 1997 fire was really kidnapped (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The biological mother, Luz Cuevas of Philadelphia, saw the girl at a birthday party in January and recognized her by a dimple on her face.
		Delimar was thought to have perished in the Dec. 15, 1997, blaze in her family's home.
		Ever since the blaze, Cuevas held on to the belief that her child was somehow alive — partly because it didn't make sense that a window of the infant's second-floor room was found to have been open after the blaze, even though it was the middle of December, Cruz said.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2004-03-02-newborn-found_x.htm (571 words)

	Girl Thought to Have Died Found Alive - www.ezboard.com
		Delimar Vera was thought to have perished in the 1997 blaze in her family's home, consumed by the heat and flames of a fast-moving fire blamed on an extension cord for a space heater.
		Cuevas, who speaks halting English and lives with her three sons, Wilfredo, 11, Israel, 10, and Samuel, 4, on Amber Street in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia, said she recognized the girl as her daughter at a child's birthday party on Jan. 24.
		Cuevas said she followed the girl upstairs, where the children were playing, and pretended that the girl had gum in her hair so she could pull some hairs out for DNA testing.
	p076.ezboard.com /fthedailyfrm66.showMessage?topicID=115.topic (1851 words)

	A happy reunion, but big adjustments ahead for 6-year-old (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		PHILADELPHIA -- Delimar Vera was the picture of happiness: smiling broadly, waving to cameras and nuzzling her mother, whom the 6-year-old didn't meet until last week.
		Cuevas believes that Vera's family, which is related by marriage to the alleged kidnapper, was somehow involved in the kidnapping.
		Vera was not invited to join Monday night's celebration attended by several dozen of Cuevas' family members and was "despondent" by the omission, Luber said.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04069/283772.stm (767 words)

	WUSA - Print Story
		DNA tests confirmed the mother's intuition: The girl was her only daughter, Delimar Vera, who everyone else believed had died only 10 days after she was born in 1997.
		Cuevas, 31, said Correa was a family acquaintance who announced that she was pregnant during a visit to the new mother shortly after Delimar's birth.
		Delimar was in foster care Tuesday and remained in the custody of New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services, spokesman Andy Williams said.
	www.wusatv9.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=27332 (325 words)

	Delimar Vera Cuevas - TheBestLinks.com - DNA, February, 1997, 2004, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Delimar Vera Cuevas, DNA, February, 1997, 2004, 2003, Philadelphia,...
		Luz Aida Cuevas and her sister were invited to a birthday party in 2003.
		Cuevas felt that Aaliyah looked a lot like her baby, and asked the girl a funny question.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Delimar_Vera_Cuevas.html (427 words)

	DVD Talk Forum - Mother finds 'dead' daughter 6 years later!
		Delimar Vera was just 10 days old when the fire destroyed her family's home in the Feltonville section of North Philadelphia on Dec. 15, 1997.
		Luz Cuevas told The Associated Press Tuesday that she recognized the girl and was certain that it was her daughter, Delimar Vera.
		Cuevas, who speaks in halting English, said she instantly recognized the child called Aliyah as her daughter at the Jan. 24 birthday party, where she used the ruse of gum in the child's hair to gather a DNA sample.
	www.dvdtalk.com /forum/printthread.php?t=350524 (5150 words)

	Mother finds 'dead' child alive at party \| LJWorld.com
		Philadelphia — Luz Cuevas took one look at the dimpled, dark-haired little girl at a birthday party and instantly knew two things: She was watching her own daughter, presumed killed in a 1997 fire, and she needed a way to prove it.
		The girl was Cuevas' only daughter, Delimar Vera -- the girl everyone else believed had perished in a house fire when she was only 10 days old.
		Vera was thought to have died in a 1997 fire in her family's Philadelphia home when she was 10 days old, but she was kidnapped by a woman who set the blaze to cover her tracks, police said Monday.
	www.ljworld.com /section/archive/story/163091 (759 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Luz Aida Cuevas and Pedro Vera, the biological parents of Delimar Vera, met with the girl at an undisclosed location in New Jersey on Thursday within hours of a judge approving a plan to grant the parents legal custody of the girl.
		Cuevas told reporters that she intends on moving so she can raise her daughter in privacy.
		Cuevas says she thinks a language barrier may have contributed to the confusion leading to authorities declaring her daughter dead.
	www.officer.com /news/IBS/wmaq/news-2037649.html (495 words)

	Six years after fire, Delimar back home [PA - NJ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Cuevas has said she believes Vera's family, which is related to Correa by marriage, was somehow involved in the kidnapping, an allegation they have denied.
		Delimar Vera was born on Dec. 5, 1997.
		She said Vera once told her that "he wished the baby girl in my belly died." She also has said that Vera refused in 1997 to help investigate Delimar's disappearance, telling her to accept the fact that the baby was dead.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1093728/posts (3066 words)

	cantonrep.com
		So Cuevas pretended the 6-year-old girl had gum in her hair, removed five strands from the child’s head, folded them in a napkin and placed them in a plastic bag.
		The girl was Cuevas’ only daughter, Delimar Vera — the girl everyone else believed had perished in a house fire when she was only 10 days old.
		Neighbors who used garden hoses and fire extinguishers in a futile attempt to help Cuevas reach her newborn on the night of the fire reacted to the news with joy and anger.
	www.cantonrep.com /index.php?ID=149649 (633 words)

	CTV.ca \| Mother finds her 'dead' child at a party
		-- Luz Cuevas took one look at the dimpled, dark-haired little girl at a birthday party and instantly knew two things: She was watching her own daughter - presumed killed in a 1997 fire - and she needed a way to prove it.
		So Cuevas pretended the six-year-old girl had gum in her hair, removed five strands from the child's head, folded them in a napkin and placed them in a plastic bag.
		The girl was Cuevas's only daughter, Delimar Vera - the girl everyone else believed had perished in a house fire when she was only 10 days old.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1078249518808_73658718?s_name=&no_ads= (659 words)

	The Hindu : A mother meets her daughter
		Cuevas said she had a hunch Aliyah Hernandez was really her own daughter.
		Cuevas pretended there was gum in the child's hair so she could pull off several strands.
		Cuevas, 31, said she had been told her daughter was excited to meet her.
	www.hindu.com /2004/03/06/stories/2004030600421800.htm (557 words)

	New Twist In Baby ID Case - CBS News
		Jose Vera is also a cousin of Carolyn Correa of Willingboro, who is accused of taking the girl from her crib in 1997 and setting a fire to cover up the kidnapping.
		Vera and Cuevas were reunited with their daughter on Thursday, in a government office in Mount Laurel, N.J., on the same day that a judge approved a plan to grant the parents custody.
		Angel Cruz, who represents the neighborhood where Cuevas lives and accompanied her to the reunion, said the mother was "thrilled" to meet the child she had named Delimar Vera.
	election.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/03/09/national/main604814.shtml (811 words)

	Dimples a mother never forgot - World - www.smh.com.au
		Luz Aida Cuevas took one look at the dimpled, dark-haired little girl at a birthday party and instantly knew two things: she was watching her own daughter - presumed killed as a baby in a 1997 fire - and she needed a way to prove it.
		The girl was Ms Cuevas's only daughter, Delimar Vera, the girl everyone else believed had perished in a house fire when she was only 10 days old.
		Delimar's real mother wept with joy and apprehension as she prepared for a reunion with her long-lost child, who was taken into care while the DNA tests were being carried out.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/03/03/1078295453960.html?from=storyrhs (574 words)

	NBC10.com - Local News - Woman Pleads No Contest To Taking Infant During Fire
		Delimar Vera is now lives with her real mother, Luz Cuevas, in Philadelphia.
		Gomez said that evidence indicates Correa was downstairs with Cuevas when Delimar disappeared, indicating that there was at least one co-conspirator.
		Cuevas' civil attorney is preparing a suit against the city because officials assumed the baby was completely consumed in the fire.
	www.nbc10.com /news/4203541/detail.html (442 words)

	Mother knows best to find a long-lost child - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		PHILADELPHIA — Luz Cuevas took one look at the dimpled, dark-haired little girl at a birthday party and instantly knew two things: She was watching her own daughter — declared dead in a 1997 fire — and she needed a way to prove it.
		So Miss Cuevas pretended the 6-year-old girl had gum in her hair, removed five strands of hair from the child's head, folded them in a napkin and placed them in a plastic bag.
		Miss Cuevas said she was also suspicious because Miss Correa had announced that she was pregnant shortly after Delimar's birth.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20040302-113402-8312r.htm (653 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		NBC 10 reporter Joe Vasquez was invited into the Cuevas home for a talk with Delimar, who seemed more interested in her sour candy than she did with another reporter.
		Delimar's father, Pedro Vera, told NBC 10 News that he felt left out because he was not a part of the big reunion Monday night at Cuevas' home.
		Cuevas said she doesn't want Delimar to leave her sight after being apart for 6 years.
	www.officer.com /news/IBS/wcau/news-2044317.html (381 words)

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