Saturday, July 23, 2011

Runaway man found after 30 years

Not every disappearance is the crime it might first be thought to be.

On May 11, 1979, Arthur Gerald Jones left to run an errand. He had been a commodities broker at the Chicago Board of Trade and reportedly had a major gambling problem. He disappeared.

After living in Florida and California and using various names, he surfaced in Las Vegas as Joseph Richard Sandelli. Now 79, he's back in hot water for using false names.

You can read all about it at www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-missing-man-found-vegas,0,7638328.story

He had been declared dead in 1986, and Social Security made survivor payments. Why he wasn't caught up with sooner is anyone's guess.

1 comment:

Ray said...

"Not every disappearance is the crime it might first be thought to be."

Well said.