After his sister saw his picture in a news story, a California man who disappeared 25 years ago was discovered alive over the weekend more than 500 miles away. Continue Reading....
On Monday, Nov. 25, the Lassen County Sheriff's Department posted a Facebook news release stating that a woman had gotten in touch with them regarding a missing individual.
She informed the sheriff's office that she received a USA Today article with a picture of a patient at Los Angeles County's St. Francis Medical Center.
She informed the sheriff's office that she received a USA Today article with a picture of a patient at Los Angeles County's St. Francis Medical Center.
Following his discovery in South Los Angeles, the hospital requested information on the patient, whom they were unable to identify, according to the April 2024 story.
According to a statement from the sheriff's office, the woman "thought" the man was "her missing brother." According to the woman, her brother was initially reported missing in 1999 from Doyle, California.
The sheriff's office said, "The man had not been heard from since," adding subsequently that the identity of the woman and her brother had not been made public in order to preserve their privacy.
When Deputy Derek Kennemore contacted the hospital, he was informed that the man had been moved to a nearby hospital in July. According to the officials, "The man was non verbal and had never been identified,"
Kennemore then got in touch with the second hospital, which verified that a guy who fit the description of the missing person was a patient there.
After the deputy contacted the Los Angeles Police Department's Missing Persons Unit, a detective collected the patient's fingerprints and was able to confirm that he was the same man who had vanished twenty-five years prior.
Kennemore later told the woman that the patient was, in fact, her brother, and "the family will be reunited soon," according to information supplied by the sheriff's department.
On Tuesday, Nov. 26, Capt. Mike Carney told ABC News that the sister "was super excited" to see her brother again. "She was really grateful that we took the time to inquire further.
She was ecstatic and eager to phone other relatives to let them know.
According to Carney, the reunion would "make their Thanksgiving that much better," and the story is a "perfect example" of why families should remain hopeful in cases involving missing persons.