It took much detective work, but authorities now say that man is Earl Roger Curry, a 76-year-old Whittier man suffering from dementia. According to documents filed in probate court by the Office of the Public Guardian, the county is seeking conservancy of Curry. In several documents, the public guardian alleges that his family in November 2015 simply left him in England. One woman came forward to say she believed he was Earl Roger Curry. "Mr. Hayes confessed that he lied about finding Mr.Curry," wrote the public guardian attorney William C. Sias in probate court records.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 04, 2017 13:00 UTC