'Like waking up from a nightmare.' Mom reunited with daughter who went missing in the Bronx

Dulce Lopez was reported missing to police Nov. 29 after she was last seen at her Bronx apartment.

News 12 Staff

Feb 9, 2022, 10:37 PM

Updated 1,036 days ago

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A Bronx woman who went missing for months was finally reunited with her mother earlier this week.
Dulce Lopez was reported missing to police Nov. 29 after she was last seen at her Bronx apartment.
Lopez's mother, Noemy Brinson, flew in from Texas in desperation to find her daughter. Brinson said the two normally spoke every day but then the calls stopped.
"Every time I feel weak, I just went on my knees, and I said, 'God give me the strength, give me the faith, renew my faith that she's fine,'" says Brinson.
The two were reunited Monday. Brinson embraced her daughter.
"It was like waking up from a nightmare," says Brinson.
Brinson found out her daughter, 31, had been living on the streets of New York City and sleeping on trains for months. Brinson says Lopez had no phone and was unaware that she was looking for her.
"A lot of family support - that's going to be the key right now," says Brinson.
Lopez is now flying back to Texas with her mother.