AggieDave 6 #1 June 2, 2003 I came across this on CNN, thought it was interesting. Sherman, Texas almost never even gets a mention in the national news, so this is fun for me. (Sherman is my home town). QuoteEASTLAKE, Ohio (AP) -- He was an impostor in life. In death he became a John Doe. Last July, a man identified as Joseph N. Chandler committed suicide in his apartment. It turned out he had stolen the identity of an 8-year-old boy who was killed with his parents in a 1945 car crash near Sherman, Texas. The impostor was described by police as a loner in his 60s. "We don't know what or who he was hiding from or who he really was," police Detective Lt. Tom Doyle said. The man left $82,000 in a savings account, but didn't leave a will. Police said family members listed on a rental agreement led to nonexistent people or addresses. "We thought at first maybe he was in the witness protection program, but that has been ruled out," Doyle said. A judge has ordered investigators to try to find the man's heirs. If they cannot find any within 18 months, the money will go to the county's unclaimed-funds account. After police found his body last July 31, the county coroner discovered the man had colon cancer that soon would have killed him. His closest friend, a former co-worker who knew little of the man's past, was appointed by the court as executor of the estate. Two investigators he hired to notify heirs discovered the relatives they found were family members of the dead Texas boy. Investigations learned that a man claiming to be Joseph Newton Chandler, of Rapid City, South Dakota, requested his first Social Security card in September 1978, at 41. The man listed his parents as Ellen Christina Kaaber Chandler and Joseph Newton Chandler Jr. and said he was born in Buffalo, New York., on March 11, 1937 -- all information taken from the Texas boy. Making identification more difficult, the body was cremated soon after an autopsy, and neither the suicide weapon nor items in the apartment had fingerprints clear enough to be of much use, police said. "This guy made a life out of another life and he made a point to stay unknown," Doyle said. http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/06/01/dead.imposter.ap/index.html--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #2 June 2, 2003 That's wierd as hell....perhaps he was a KGB sleeper agent or something.... Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #3 June 2, 2003 Cool, didn't think of that, that would make a very interesting story if he was KGB or something like that from some other country.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #4 June 2, 2003 Strange....Texans normally don't take too well to KGB types....he's lucky he's dead if that's the case. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #5 June 2, 2003 Yeah, too much Vodka and not enough beer drinking to fit in around here...maybe that's why he didn't live in Texas...--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freaksister 0 #7 June 2, 2003 Interesting. I live here and I didn't even hear this story yet. Of course, I have been in the news in Greenville...hehe I took some pictures on Easter, of a house that blew up yesterday. I am selling my photos to the paper. It was the biggest house in town. pretty strange. Anyway, nice story, Dave. Ciao... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #8 June 2, 2003 Whoa, Ape is actually still around! --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
