Robbie Romero's mother and brother have met with the teen claiming to be their long-lost family member and are unsure whether it's him.
Robbie Romero was 7 when he disappeared in June 2000 while walking home from a friend's house. The case was treated as a missing person case and a homicide case, though a body was never found.
On Wednesday, police learned that a man name Robert Terrezas was claiming he was Robbie Romero.
Terrezas made the eery claim to Robbie's brother Ricky and told him he goes by Robbie's name, according to ABC affiliate KOAT. Ricky brought Robbie to the Romero's home where he met with Robbie's mother, Evelyn Romero. She then notified the police.
The police took a swab of saliva from Terrezas for DNA testing on Wednesday night and expect those results to come back within a few days, according to Santa Fe detective Lt. Luis Carlos.
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Watch Video Evelyn Romero said the she is unsure whether the teen is her long-lost son, and that waiting for the DNA test results to confirm it has been trying.
Evelyn Romero is also not dissuaded by the argument by Yolanda Almendariz, Terrezas' mother, that the teen was born in Mexico and moved with Almendariz to Utah years ago.
"This is my son, this is my son," said Almendariz, who showed local news station KOB childhood photos of the boy. "Friends call my son Robert Romero because they have the same face."
Evelyn Romero, however, isn't ruling out that Terrezas isn't her long lost son.
"I was noticing, the news media approached her yesterday and she showed videos of a young child," which Almendariz said was Terrezas as a child.
"I don't think the videos were of Robert (Terrezas), they must have been of her older son," Evelyn Romero told ABCNew.com. "That child was dark complexioned. (Terrezas) doesn't think he looks like his siblings. He's very light complexioned."
Evelyn Romero said that when she met with Robert, he told her that his mother had no photos of him from when he was young, saying she left them all in Mexico when they moved.
"As a mother you take photos wherever you go. That's what I thought about last night," she said.
Evelyn Romero added, "Well, you know, either way, if it is him, if it's not him, of course the mother is going to say that's her son."
The mother says waiting for the DNA results is an ordeal.
"It is (hard), especially for Robbie's brothers and sisters, who have a lot of anxiety just not knowing," she said.
Romero said she has been telling her family to remain calm while they await the results, which police expect to come back within a few days.
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