08 Mar This Elderly Man Woke Up As An Eight-Year-Old Boy

Changing your identity is no mean feat and it is usually done for one of two reasons – you have either committed an unspeakable crime, or you’ve witnessed one. If you fall into the latter category, authorities will know who you are, otherwise, your true identity can remain a mystery.

That was the case for a man in his sixties who woke up as an eight-year-old boy in July 2002.

The video below details the extraordinary search to uncover his identity: 

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Joseph Newton Chandler III ended his life with a .38-caliber handgun in Eastlake, Ohio. Suffering from terminal colon cancer, he committed suicide before his inevitable demise took place. With no family or close friends, he was eaten by flies before the cops found him.

It was only after this rotting body was smelt by a neighbor that the authorities were notified of a problem.

“I found him on the floor in the fetal position,” Detective Theodore Kroczak said. “His face was black, and there were thousands of maggots all over his body.”

“There was an exit wound at the top his head,” Kroczak said. “His bodily fluids had drained onto the gun.”

After discovering the body, as is standard police procedure, the cops began the hunt for his family. However, they soon realized that something was up when they couldn’t find any information about them in Chandler’s apartment.

The only address they found was for an apparent sister, which turned led to a vacant lot in Columbus.

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