Man who disappeared in 1999 found alive thanks to newspaper article

“He's been in a Los Angeles hospital for weeks and no one knows who he is. Can you help? » On May 9, USA Today published the photo of a man hospitalized for a month in the American state of California and launched an appeal to anyone who could identify him. “The patient cannot communicate his name or any other information that could help with his identification,” St. Francis Hospital in Lynwood told our colleagues.

The man was described as “a white male in his 60s”, with gray hair and blue eyes, approximately 1.85 m tall and weighing 56 kg, and was identified by a woman as “her brother missing since 1999. ABC News explains that this American received the press article from several people who were struck by the resemblance between the hospitalized man and the one who disappeared “voluntarily” from Doyle, California.

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A DNA test to confirm

In November, the woman (whose identity is kept secret) approached the authorities, who took a DNA sample from the hospitalized man and concluded that it was indeed her missing brother. The sister “was super excited,” Capt. Mike Carney told ABC News. “She was very grateful that we took the time to verify her statements. She was over the moon and couldn't wait to call other family members to let them know. » The siblings should be reunited tomorrow, for Thanksgiving.