Andres Mateo Rink was a 3-year-old boy when he was last seen in San Antonio, Texas, on January 26, 2011. He was a very young child at the center of what authorities classified as a family abduction, a disappearance that began during a period of family conflict and quickly became a search that extended beyond San Antonio. At the time, Andres was described as approximately 3 feet to 3 feet 4 inches tall and about 40 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes.
He was also known by the nicknames Kiki and Ouiji, personal details that reflected the little boy behind the case file and the family who wanted him home.
Investigators reported that Andres was believed to have been taken by his non-custodial mother, Patricia Del Carmen Guzman Pruneda. According to case summaries and law enforcement reporting, Andres’s parents were going through a divorce at the time, and they had shared custody. The circumstances became alarming when Andres’s father went to pick him up for a visit and discovered that Andres and his mother were gone. Authorities later issued a felony warrant for custodial interference for Pruneda, identifying the case as one in which a parental custody dispute had become a missing child investigation.
As the search continued, investigators believed Andres might have been taken out of the United States and possibly into Mexico. Law enforcement noted that Pruneda had family ties there, which made Mexico a possible location in the search for the child. Over the years, Andres’s case remained visible through missing-child organizations, law enforcement bulletins, and public appeals. An age-progression image was also created to help the public visualize what Andres might look like as he grew older, because years had passed since he was last seen as a preschool-aged child.
The emotional weight of the case was especially clear in public appeals from San Antonio authorities. Police said they wanted to find Andres and bring closure to his father, underscoring that this was not just a custody case on paper, but a long and painful separation for a family. The available reporting described an investigation that stayed active for years, with law enforcement continuing to ask the public for information and emphasizing that they would keep searching until Andres came home.
Official reports now indicate that Andres Mateo Rink has been found alive. The exact date and circumstances of his recovery are not clearly detailed in the available online information, so those specifics should not be stated as fact. The case began with the disappearance of a 3-year-old boy from San Antonio during a suspected family abduction, continued through years of public appeals and concern that he may have been outside the United States, and ultimately ended with the most important outcome: Andres was found safe.Last Seen: Jan 26, 2011
