WEBSTER, Mass. —

The FBI and Webster police are offering a $25,000 reward for information about the disappearance of a 4-year-old boy more than four decades ago.

Andrew J. Amato, also known as "Andy", was reported missing by his mother on Sept. 30, 1978.

He was last seen by his 7-year-old sister and his 6-year-old cousin earlier that day in a wooded area near the Ash Street Trailer Park in Webster, where all three had been playing, according to investigators.

The children were walking along a trail near Route 52, which is now called I-395, when they came across a brook that caused Amato to stumble and drop his toy.

According to the FBI, Amato refused to go home without it.

The other two children went to get help at the nearby mobile homes on Richard Avenue, where they lived.

When th

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