Search For Atlanta Man Who Went Missing As A Newborn Goes Nationwide

ATLANTA, GA — Gas station screens nationwide will bring awareness to a nearly 45-year missing persons case in Atlanta through GSTV, which broadcasts videos at gas stations in most U.S. states, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children announced Wednesday.

More than 28,000 gas retailers across 48 states will highlight the Raymond Green case for two weeks in a first for GSTV.

Raymond was taken from his Atlanta home on Nov. 6, 1978, at 5 days old, according to his missing persons profile on the national center's site. He may have been abducted by a woman who uses the name, Lisa Morris, according to the profile.

The NCMEC hopes to share Raymond's story with people who may not know it through GSTV.

“We believe that Raymond could be out there and may not know his real identity,” Angeline Hartmann, director of communications at NCMEC, said in a news release. “We’ve worked with families in similar situations where their babies were kidnapped and then found alive as adults. Today, Raymond could be anywhere and GSTV has given us this invaluable opportunity to reach the entire country. We’re asking everyone to take a moment and really look at both Raymond's image and the image of his abductor. You never know if you’ll be that one person who can make a difference.”

Only focusing on Raymond's case is not normal for GSTV, which usually shares missing children's posters across 25 states at one time, Violeta Ivezaj, GSTV senior vice president of business operations, said in the release.

“By turning our screens to a single case for the first time, we hope to leverage the attention we have with our viewers and garner the visibility Raymond’s family needs to bring him home," Ivezaj said in the release.

A composite sketch crafted by a NCMEC forensic artist shows what Raymond could look like today at 44. Real-life images of him and the woman accused of abducting him were not available. An artist used his mother's memory for sketch details, according to the NCMEC.

Recalling When Raymond Went Missing

Raymond was the second-born child of Donna Green, according to the NCMEC. He was born on Nov. 1, 1978, at Grady Memorial Hospital and was Green's first son.

She was watching her son in the nursery when an African-American woman who called herself Lisa (Morris) started talking to her, claiming she was visiting her sister and her newborn.

Morris followed Green to her hospital room, and the NCMEC said she received visits from Morris during the next few days.

Green was being discharged from the hospital when Morris asked for a ride home, saying she lived nearby from the Green family. Morris appeared at the family's home on Nov. 6, 1978.

“I thought it was a little strange,” Green told the NCMEC in November 2018. “But when I asked what she was doing, she said she just wanted to come see how myself and the baby were doing.”

During Morris' two-hour visit, Green asked her brother to watch Raymond while she showered. Morris volunteered to assist with Raymond.

“I came downstairs, and she wasn't on the sofa, and I woke up my brother,” Green told the NCMEC. “I was like, ‘Where's the baby? Where's the baby?’ and he said ‘Oh, well the baby started crying.’”

Green's brother told her Morris carried Raymond to the door, and when Green ran to the door, she realized he was gone, according to the NCMEC.

According to the national center, authorities described the suspect as a woman who is 5-feet and 6-inches tall with a medium build and a possible mole on her left cheek. She was last seen getting into a brown car.

“I believe I'll find him again," Green told the NCMEC. "I don't think he's gone forever. I refuse to believe that. I believe that this journey of being missing is not for me. It's for others, but I believe that God's going to bring him right back to where he started from. That's with me.”

The national center asked anyone with information in Raymond's case to call 911, the Atlanta Police Department at 404-614-6544 or 1 (800) 843-5678. People can also call Crime Stoppers Atlanta at (404) 577-8477.