Photos: Homeless man finds his family

David Abeyta and his mother, Mary Schofield, look over photos of David in his youth after being reunited at SRO Housing Corp.’s Gateway Apartments in Los Angeles. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

May 9, 2014 4:55 PM PT

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David Abeyta was reconnected with his mother, Mary Schoefield, after decades of not seeing one another. “We never stopped looking,” Schoefield said. “My face has his road map, my hair has the dust of the walks I have taken looking for him.”

David Abeyta and his mother Mary Schofield hug each other after the two are reunited at the SRO Housing Corp.’s Gateway Apartments in Los Angeles. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Tears well up in Mary Schofield eyes after being reunited with her son, David Abeyta. The two were reunited after one of his brothers tracked him down on the Internet. Abeyta, an Air Force vet, was homeless. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)