FL FL - Bryan Dos Santos Gomes, 29 days, Estero/Fort Myers, 1 Dec 2006

[Wanting2Help]

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[CastlesBurning]

Age progression to age 14 (circa 2020):

Bryan Dos Santos-Gomes – The Charley Project

 

[PommyMommy]

DEC 3, 2021
Family of boy missing for 15 years hasen't lost hope their son is alive (winknews.com)
A family hopes they don’t go through another holiday without their son. Someone kidnapped a baby named Bryan at knife point in Fort Myers 15 years ago.

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The middle image is what Bryan could look like today at 15-years-old.

Investigators say he may soon try to get a driver’s license or permit, and using a fake birth certificate could raise a red flag.

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The lead detective told WINK News that Bryan’s mother submitted her DNA to a database called ‘family tree’. If at any point Bryan submits his own DNA it will show the match.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Here are the 9 missing, endangered children in Florida, according to FDLE

In Florida, there are nine missing and endangered children that have never been found, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's website.

www.fox35orlando.com

Bryan Dossantos-Gomes (Photo via FDLE)
Bryan Dossantos-Gomes

• Missing Since: 12/01/2006
• Missing From: Fort Myers
• Age Missing: 4 weeks old
• Age Now: 16
• Sex: Male
• Race: White

Bryan was last seen in Estero area. He may be with a heavyset white/hispanic woman who was believed to be 28 to 30 years old at the time Bryan went missing. The unknown woman, who may be armed and dangeougs, had long straight black hair and was wearing blue jeans and a black blouse. The pair could be traveling in a two door black Ford Explorer SUV.

 

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Apr 8, 2025
Fort Myers police have released an age progression photo and a voice recording in hopes of finding Bryan Dos Santos-Gomes, who was kidnapped as a baby in 2006.
April 8 2025

Fort Myers Police provides updates on kidnapped child cold case

The Fort Myers Police Department held a news conference regarding a 19-year-old missing child cold case.

winknews.com

 

[mlhenn]

Bryan Dos Santos-Gomes – The Charley Project

Last updated April 11, 2025; age-progression updated.

 

[Iknewit80]

I really hope Mom submitted her DNA to all the genealogy databases/websites.

 

[victatiana]

I think it's likely if that mom kept the baby for herself (as opposed to taking him for some gang leader she works for or for debt payment), he would be going by Jose Guadalupe, the name kidnapper stated she gave her baby.

Not sure if it was mentioned here already, but according to an article by Fox4now, the detective on the case believes the calls the kidnapper made while in the car to that "random" business were connected. "We feel as though there's a nexus between her making this telephone call to the pole shed," Iarossi said. "One of the people who actually stayed and lived at a house next to that pole shed — his name was Jose Guadalupe."

Since it's common, especially in latin american cultures, to name a son after his father, I think the kidnapper's baby woulda shared the name. Whether her actual baby boy died and she was looking to "replace" him by stealing a baby, or never existed in the first place, I think baby Bryan would have been raised as "Jose Guadalupe".

With that being said, I was able to find a few Jose Guadalupe (insert last name here) that live in that general area of Florida and turned 18 last November/December. All look pretty similar to the age progression (unfortunately I'm not good at comparing those though). I'm probably not allowed to share the names (or Instagram handles) here, but I hope the police have looked into those Jose's.

(Attached a screenshot of the news article I mentioned above as a source since I can't find it now but I did think to screenshot it at the time.)