The FBI is offering a 25-thousand-dollar reward to help solve the case of Anthony Amato, the four-year-old Webster boy who has been missing since 1978.
Amato was last seen by his cousins in a wooded area near the Ash Street Trailer Park in Webster 47 years ago yesterday.
“Andrew Amato’s family has endured enough heartache, and they deserve to know what happened to him which is why the FBI is offering a substantial reward to incentivize anyone with information to come forward. Your tip could be key to resolving this case and providing the Amatos with some much-needed closure,” said Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Boston Division. “No amount of information is too small or irrelevant, and it’s never too late to step up and do the right thing. Yes, it’s been 47 years, but we’re not about to give up on bringing Andy home, and anyone involved in his disappearance to justice."
Webster Police Chief Michael Shaw added, “I am grateful for the partnership with the FBI, and hopeful that this reward will assist us in finding Andy. While this case is 47 years old, we are still committed to bringing closure to the Amato family.”
“Imagine it was your child or your brother that went missing. Imagine what grief that would bring to you, and how you would be able to cope without knowing for 47 years. It affects how you live, how you raise your children. Any clue, anything that would lead to the recovery of my brother, would mean the world to me and would give my father some answers before he passes. My mother’s not alive any longer for those answers, but I still need them, and I think my father deserves them,” said Andrew’s sister, Michelle Amato.
The FBI had been searching a pond and other areas in Burrilleville.
Anyone with information about the boy's disappearance is asked to contact Webster Police or the FBI.
(Photo: The FBI)