Man Who Intentionally Disappeared 23 Years Ago Found by Someone Compiling Their Family History Using Ancestry.com

The following is from an October 27, 2016 article posted at DailyMail.com

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A married father who vanished from his home without a trace 23 years ago was found living in a different state with an entirely new family.

Richard Hoagland disappeared from the house he shared with his second wife Linda and their two sons, Matthew and Douglas, in Indianapolis in February 1993.
He was declared legally dead in 2003 and his wife remarried…

Hoagland had moved to the state and assumed the identity of Terry Jude Symansky, a fisherman who died in a freak accident in 1991.

Hoagland was exposed when the real Terry Symansky’s nephew found a marriage record [Using Ancestry.com] stating his uncle had married in 1995, four years after his death.

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About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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