Nation ‘A miracle:’ Virginia man meets Chilean family 42 years after he was stolen as newborn August 22, 2023August 22, 2023 Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘A miracle:’ Virginia man meets Chilean family 42 years after he was stolen as newborn Jimmy Lippert Thyden, who grew up in Virginia, recently learned that he was stolen from his birth mother in Chile and adopted out to U.S. parents.