Delimar Vera Cuevas is a Puerto Rican girl who was in fact a kidnapped victim. And made headlines early in 2004, when her biological mother unexpectedly found her.
Delimar is the daughter of Pedro Vera and Luz Aida Cuevas. Five weeks after she was born, a fire broke out at her family’s two-story row house, while sleeping in the upstairs front bedroom in North Philadelphia on December 15,1997.
Her mother, Luz Aida Cuevas ran to her room to try to rescue her, she did not find the baby and eventually ran out of the house, overcome by smoke and burned on her face.
Delimar’s remains were never found. Firefighters concluded that her body was buried under the rubble left by the fire, and declared dead.
However, Luz Aida Cuevas refused to believe that her baby Delimar had died.
In 2003, Luz Aida Cuevas and her sister were invited to a birthday party. She spotted Carolyn Correa at the party by accident, with a girl named Aaliyah Hernandez.
Cuevas felt something about Aaliyah’s look… a lot like her baby Delimar. She started to asked the girl a funny question and when Aaliyah smiled, she noticed a small hole to the side of her mouth, just like the one on her baby.
Convinced that this was her daughter, Luz Aida went to her sister,and asked her to speak to the girl. As Luz Aida’s sister entertained Aaliyah, she grabbed a piece of the young girl’s hair and put it in her pocket.
It was later sent to the police laboratory for DNA testing. The police later found out through DNA, that Aaliyah was in fact, the girl who had been written dead after the 1997 fire, Delimar Vera Cruz.
Delimar and Luz were reunited in a government office in Mount Laurel, N.J.,she was thrilled to meet her daughter she named Delimar. The girl named Aaliyah does not speak Spanish and her mother speaks very little English.
In 2004, Carolyn Correa, a distant friend of a cousin of the baby’s father, was arrested and accused of arson, kidnapping and attempted murder and 13 other counts, she has been held on $1 million bail since her arrest.
In August 2008, The cast and crew of Lifetime Movie Network’s shared their thoughts on bringing this remarkable true story to life at the movie “Little Girl Lost : The Delimar Vera Story”.
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i cant belive it im not a teen yet but this story has my heart i couldn’t believe it i just wonder why would a person do such a thing . Delimar if you hear this god bless u and your mother have a great life okay …………………..and it took me forever to find this site.
Luz, I just saw the movie and it is true what they say a mother’s intuition. God bless you and your family. I hope Delimar has adjusted well.
Love this story. I always say NEVER trust your friends and always keep your eyes open who gets close to your family and kids. God bless Delimar was ok
Delimar I saw the movie and had to read your story I hope you and your family are well. May God Bless you
that story was really sad when i local friend could do that to their friends daughter i love that u guys found her at their little time they had to do she should be 13 this year happy late or eairly birth day!!!!!
OMG INEVER GOT TO FINISH THIS MOVIE BUT FROM THE PARTS ISAW IT WAS A PRETTy DECENT MOVIE IM JUST HAPPy THAT DELIMAR WAS STILL ALIVE..AND THAT HER MOTHER ATTENDED THAT PARTy BECAUSE MAyBE IF SHE HAD NEVER BEEN THEIR SHE WOULDNT HAVE FOUND HERR DAUGHTER IM JUST HAPPy SHE DID…!! IREALLy LIKE THE MOVIE 2THUMBS UPP..AND FIVE *****
This story has my heart, alway see it hope for the best for Delimar and her mother.
love the story a real mother will always fight for her child.
This was such a good movie, definitely one of my favorites. The story was so sad, and it made me so mad what that lady Carolyn did. I wonder how much adjustment had to be made and how little Delimar feels now, that its been over 5 years. I wish them happiness always. They do look alike so much. God blessed them, and I hope he continues to do so
And like others said, the father should have believed in his wife more, and helped her.
Beautiful story. Remarkable how the mother never gave up and knew in her heart her baby girl was not dead. No matter what people thought of her or how much it didn’t make sense to anyone, she didn’t waver. This is a testament to the true love of only a mother.
i really loved this movie i felt bad for luz because nobody believed her but at the end she got her baby back after 6 yrs touching story i dont wishe it happend to anyone because is really and in the movie i always believed in luz and i hope luz and delimar live hapily forever i will never forget that this story
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I LOVE MOVIE LIKE THIS AND IT WAS A GREAT ONE
Truly an inspiring story. What a terrific ending. I am so happy that the mother never gave up and didn’t let people perceptions of how phsychological thinking get in the way. Way to go mom. I was very disappointed in her husband though. I really disliked the way he didn’t provide her with the support she needed. You gotta believe in that “mother’s intuition”. Good job lifetime…what a remarkable take on a real life situation.
I thought this movie was inspirational. I am so glad this mother never lost hope. It will make you cry.
A Truly amazing and inspiring story. The real mother NEVER gave up hope, she KNEW the truth, despite all around her telling her she was “crazy”.
They certainly do look alike, I cried like a baby too..What a wonderful ending.
i cried like a baby watching this movie !! i just had my son a few months ago and i could never imagine this happening to me !! a mother intuition is amazing !!!
I am so proud of how Luz was strong, even when people thought she sounded crazy. That never kept her from fighting for what was rightfully hers.
I also saw this movie and sincerely it touched me a lot.
The bad thing was the husband did not believe her but a mothers intuition is the biggest true feeling of a mother.
This story is amazing. Truly inspiring for other families out there with missing children to keep the faith, believe in god, and never give up…if it don’t feel right…then chances are it just isn’t right. This story truley touched me and i’ll never forget it. I enjoyed this movie, its def. one of my favorites. I know its been awhile since she reunited with her family but welcome home babygirl. This story is remarkable, extremely good movie Lifetime! Gotta love those happy endings!!!!
Is there hope for Maddy McCann.
the story of Delimar Vera is really a sad story with a happy ending. I also encourage others to watch this story
Thanks Shiba for sharing us your thoughts and feelings
I enjoyed the movie. It had sincerely touched me.