A California man who disappeared without a trace 25 years ago was found alive over the weekend more than 800 miles away. I owe a lot to my sister who never stopped searching.
The Lassen County Sheriff's Office said Monday that the man, whose name is being withheld to protect his privacy, had been in a Los Angeles County hospital after his family reported him missing from Doyle, Calif., in 1999. Announced.
What was sent to his sister was USA Today article The sheriff's office said it was seeking information about an unidentified nonverbal man who had been hospitalized at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynnwood for more than a month since authorities found him in South Los Angeles on April 15. It is said that there is
She believed the man in the photo was her estranged brother and asked the Lassen County Sheriff's Office to investigate.
Sheriff's Deputy Derek Kennemore contacted the hospital, where officials told him the patient had been transferred to another hospital in the Los Angeles area in July.
He called a second hospital, which confirmed that an unidentified, non-verbal patient matching the description of the woman's missing brother was admitted.
Kennemore then notified the Los Angeles Police Department and the Missing Persons Unit, who joined in the investigation.
Los Angeles Police Department detectives went to the hospital and took fingerprints from the unidentified patient. The fingerprints matched those of a Doyle man who disappeared in 1999.
Kennemore called the man's sister and told her that her brother had finally been found safe after more than 20 years.
The brothers plan to be reunited soon, according to the sheriff's office.
