European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 7, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7grown Man was missing Hawthorne Calif. A it took scientists five months to confirm what Willie Mae Ruffin knew in an instant the Man known As Henry Miller is really her son who was kidnapped nearly 18 years ago. A we knew All the time a Ruffin said a but How everybody knows that he a my  v ruffing a sort now goes by his childhood name Kevin Portis. He was reunited with his Mother in december and both say they knew at first sight that they were family. But police waited for Dan tests before announcing wednesday that Portis 22, is the son of Ruffin and Kenneth Portis who Are separated. Now a kidnapping Case is being prepared against Mamie Singleton who raised Portis about 50 Miles away from his Mother in Mead Valley. To celebrate the test results Portis got two words tattooed across the left Side of his Chest a Willie  a it keeps her close to my heart a por tis said. He plans to add his fathers name soon. Ruffin said Portis tells her about his life As the two sit up late at night in her House in Hawthorne outside los Angeles where he now lives. A the gets depressed now and then thinking about How he was raised a Kevin Portis stands with his Mother Willie Mae Ruffin at her California Home. Ruffin said. Portis was kidnapped from a Park near his Home in Inglewood which is next to Hawthorne on May 26,1976. He had doubts throughout his childhood about his relationship to Singleton. V a. A a when he wanted a Drivers License Singleton  provide him with a birth certificate and state officials told him he did no to exist. He knew nothing of his real family until singletons granddaughter Myisha Alvarez called a missing children shot line a a a a a v a a a a a. A a a a a late last year investigators sent her a picture of a 5-year-old Portis. A it looked just like him the Way he looks now a Alvarez said. When confronted by investigators Singleton said the child was Given to her in 1976, said a police source who spoke on condition of anonymity. Alvarez 18, said Singleton took the child and told her estranged Boyfriend that it was his in order to persuade him to live with her. A she kept saying she had a son by him and he finally pressured her to come up with the son a said Alvarez who now lives in Oakland. A a in a just glad he has found a family a she said. 1 a a  a a i just wish i could have done something a lot  Singleton refused to discuss the allegations against her instead hurling a siring of obscenities at a reporter from the door of her ramshackle House in Dusty Rural Mead  suspected in Malibu Blaze los Angeles a revelations that two firefighters Are under investigation in the devastating Malibu wildfire sent a Jolt thursday through the scorched Community where firefighters arc regarded As heroes. A. A a for four Days beginning nov. 2, flames raged across 18,500 acres in the rustic canyons of the Santa Monica mountains kill my three people and destroying 350 Homes. Most of what was lost valued at $375 million has yet to be rebuilt. The two men under investigation Are Steven r. Shelp 29, a Rookie Day firefighter and Nicholas a. Durepo 24, Ai member of the Manhattan Beach fire departments Volunteer Reserve. They have not been arrested or charged. Both men were at the scene in the Early moments of the fire in rustic Topanga Canyon in the Santa Monica mountains East of the Malibu coastline. Los Angeles county sheriff Sherman Block said Nis investigators have presented a Case to the District attorney. Authorities would not discuss any evidence against the men. Mothers Day Bazaar special15% Sale framed water Oeor prints by Marsha s. Cheney sunday 8 May a 1000-1600 Heidelberg officers and chileans club f a t f 4 \ chocolate Thunder ice Cream who says lightning does t strike twice due to your thunderous response we be brought Back the Earth shaking taste sensation of chocolate Thunder ice Cream. An explosive combination of thick fudge sauce in chocolate ice Cream with roasted pecans crispy pie crust Toffee Candy and Rich chocolate for a raging storm of flavor pick up a half gallon Carton of chocolate Thunder ice Cream at your cafes shop Pette. My 5 my if