Missing Man Sees Self on TV, Solves Case

60-year-old at homeless shelter recognizes photo
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 28, 2009 4:43 PM CDT
Missing Man Sees Self on TV, Solves Case
Martin Fry.   (City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado)

A Colorado missing-persons case has wrapped up neatly after a 60-year-old man recognized his photo during a TV announcement. Marvin Allen Fry had wandered out of a hospital and ended up at a homeless shelter for about a week until he saw the announcement about himself and alerted shelter personnel, notes dscriber. Fry showed signs of “severe confusion and disorientation,” shelter personnel told Wheat Ridge city authorities.
(More missing person stories.)

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