Mother on 39-year quest to find son - Has no proof he died at birth

Thirty-nine years ago, Rubylyn Miller was told that only one of her identical twin boys survived after she gave birth at a local hospital.

But Miller, now 66, says she wasn't shown a body or death certificate.

"I searched for him. I put it over the radio, and one of the time I see something from The Gleaner that if you have a missing child you can text in, and I got it out there sometime back then. But I still haven't given up, because I can feel it that he is alive," Miller told THE STAR.

Her urge to find 'Dalton Buggam', as she had named him, is also fuelled by her son Dwight, who says he still feels a connection to his brother.

"My next son seh, 'Mommy, I know that my brother is not dead because I can feel him.' I believe him, because they are identical twins," she said. "Everywhere him go people tell him seh him look like somebody that them know." Miller said she gave birth to her boys on June 28, 1981, at approximately 1 p.m.

"Both of my babies were in the incubator because they were born at seven months. But other than that, they were healthy. I know, because I saw them," she said. "But after the first shift, another nurse came on at 7:30 p.m. and she told me that she took the baby out of the incubator and bathed him and he died. I only see she carry him clothes and put it on the table beside me. All now she don't explain nothing to me."

Miller went to the Registrar General's Department with their birth certificate, but officials told her to go back to the hospital; however, she said she has not returned. In responding to STAR queries, the Southern Regional Health Authority said it has been made aware of the incident and will investigate.

"We are encouraging the mother to make a formal complaint, which will assist with the investigation," the entity said.