Rolandito Salas Jusino, child missing in northeastern United States, New England – NBC Boston

Puerto Rico authorities said Wednesday they are investigating a confidential matter in the case of Rolando Salas Jusino, who disappeared 25 years ago in Toa Alta, our sister channel Telemundo Puerto Rico reports.

The Secretary of the Department of Public Security of Puerto Rico (DSP), Alexis Torres, and the director of Interpol in Puerto Rico, Laura Peña, indicated that they are investigating a young man of approximately 29 years old – the same age that Rolandito would be today – who is outside Puerto Rico and presents similar characteristics.

Later, Robert Ramos, head of Puerto Rico's criminal investigation agency, confirmed exclusively to Telemundo New England that the person they believe to be “Rolandito” is in one of the states on the northeast coast of the United States.

This is the first time that Puerto Rico police have specifically identified a search area in this case.

Ramos says that many confidences have been made over the years. Some have claimed that the child died and was buried in different places, others have claimed that the child is alive in the Dominican Republic, while other information received places him in the United States.

The Puerto Rico police, in collaboration with Interpol and the FBI, worked on the case following the clues obtained, until in January, information was received from a 29-year-old person with characteristics similar to the child who is now an adult, “we are working to find this person, to see if we can do a DNA test,” said Chief Ramos.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children released a photo of what Rolandito reportedly looks like today.

Authorities also explained that the person they are currently looking for has a birthmark similar to Rolandito's.

“There is information that we have been working on for several months and that shows certain similarities in physical appearance. In particular, a birthmark, which leads us to be more categorical with the information that reaches us. We are in that line,” revealed the secretary of the Department of Public Security (DSP), Alexis Torres, in an interview with Hoy Día Puerto Rico.

Rolandito's disappearance attracted the attention of the entire island. He was last seen playing in the park located in Urb. Colinas De Plata, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, July 7, 1999.

If you have any information on his whereabouts, you are asked to call the FBI Puerto Rico at 1-787-754-6000 or the State Center for Missing Children at 1-787-729-2646 or 1-787-475-92. You can also contact the local police in his community.