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Son Spots Dad on TV, 5 Years After Family ‘Cremated’ Him

telegraph.co.uk — John Renehan spotted his father, John Delaney, by chance on a programme about missing people. Unknown to his family, Mr Delaney had spent the intervening years living in a care home just a few miles away from them, using a new name because he could not remember his own...

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  • darkyplasma, on 09/04/2008, -14/+163Then who was cremated?...
  • nymphetamine, on 09/05/2008, -1/+109It's probably really just him, except from the future.
  • crazymofo, on 09/04/2008, -0/+91Apparently a badly decomposed body was found in some bushes near by and it was assumed to be him. Its in the article.
  • inactive, on 09/05/2008, -1/+51These comments ***** suck
  • anizzle, on 09/05/2008, -5/+42What's the big deal? This happened to me twice.
  • jamesdew, on 09/05/2008, -1/+36like this

    family: Can we have a DNA test?
    Police: No.
  • Lith25, on 09/05/2008, -1/+27Wow, someone messed up big time. How do you refuse to honor a family's request for a DNA test?
  • whataSAMF, on 11/28/2008, -1/+23jeez calm down, its actually really common for sites to be blocked at school. i go on digg all the time at school, and when things appear interesting (that are blocked) i go on when i get home.
  • FireForEffect47, on 09/05/2008, -0/+19Just say "WTF?" and move on. No need to drag politics into this.
  • Velnich, on 09/05/2008, -1/+20Welp, that makes fire 1 less thing to use against the zombies when they rise.
  • xkingADROCKx, on 09/05/2008, -1/+19THEN WHO WAS PHONE?
  • OfNumbers, on 09/05/2008, -1/+17"...a man's badly-decomposed body was found in bushes at Manchester Royal Infirmary - it was assumed to be him."

    Very suspicious finding a badly decomposed body.

    "[The Coroner (ret.)] said he had identified the other man's body as that of Mr. Delaney based on the balance of probabilities on the information he was provided. He said no DNA test was done because there appeared to be no suspicious circumstances."
  • NotOptium, on 09/05/2008, -0/+14Disco, your comment actually made me laugh out loud.
    Sort of reminded me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7gIpuIVE3k
  • Eifandil, on 09/05/2008, -0/+14http://digg.com/people/The_8_Most_Obnoxious_Intern ...

    I think you're in there somewhere.
  • smackydoodle, on 09/05/2008, -1/+14"But despite an offer of a DNA sample from a family member, no genetic tests were carried out and no dental records analysed."

    If they had just taken the DNA sample this dude wouldn't have gone through the past several years grieving the loss of his father.
  • Eezyville, on 09/05/2008, -0/+13Lol they destroyed the evidence to a crime. Someone may have gotten away with murder.
  • DforSpiD, on 09/05/2008, -0/+13Think about the words "would" and "of" then explain how what you said makes sense.
    Seriously, how can people not understand the simple difference between have and of?
  • bstew22, on 09/05/2008, -1/+13Inspect yours, which is full of epic win.
  • mvanhorn, on 09/05/2008, -2/+14"Police have apologised for an extraordinary series of errors which led to him being declared dead and an unidentified man being cremated in his place." wow
  • NeoTEKK, on 09/05/2008, -1/+13Insect yours, which is full of epic win.
  • cire9753, on 09/05/2008, -0/+12DAD!?!?
  • bradharrelson, on 09/05/2008, -2/+14Holy *****! What a giant ***** up. The police didn't even use DNA or dental records for the deceased body they found? They didn't run missing persons checks on the man with amnesia? Why wasn't it more publicized when the dad was found with amnesia... at least in local media?

    I know in America the cliche is "sue sue sue", so I don't know how it is in the UK, but I can't think of a better reason to sue the city and police department for their incompetence. WOW!
  • leerayIG88, on 09/05/2008, -0/+11Insert yours, which is full of epic win.
  • Discobiscuits, on 09/05/2008, -1/+11The future, Conan?
  • culbeda, on 09/05/2008, -0/+10Whoever it was, I'll bet he was fuming...
  • darkyplasma, on 09/04/2008, -4/+14Heh, I made this comment at school (basically every site is blocked) so I was unable to read it.
  • dougbot, on 07/14/2009, -0/+10i would be happy to be a resident of ***** mountain.
  • matrim2217, on 09/05/2008, -0/+9Whoa Discobiscuits! Who made you the ***** king of ***** mountain?
  • num3thod, on 09/05/2008, -1/+10Exempt yours, which is full of epic win.
  • Berzerker7, on 09/05/2008, -0/+95 years after they cremated him != 8 years after he's been missing.
  • XxValiantxX, on 09/05/2008, -1/+10Respect yours, which is full of epic win.
  • inactive, on 09/05/2008, -1/+10I don't mean this in a bad way... but, I wish this could happen to Heath Ledger and he would just show up in the next Batman film...
  • inactive, on 09/05/2008, -1/+9imagine how freaked out he must have been to see his father on television.
  • NeoTEKK, on 09/05/2008, -0/+8"In the year 2000"
  • DelayedEraser, on 09/05/2008, -1/+9what about the other cop's incredibly well-spoken statement:
    "I can't say I have any regrets because at the time it will have been the most logically thing to do"

    I thought the Brits were supposed to be BETTER at English!
  • itsjake88, on 09/05/2008, -0/+7"When, three years later, a man's badly-decomposed body was found in bushes at Manchester Royal Infirmary - it was assumed to be him. "
    5 + 3 = 8
  • mattcoady, on 09/05/2008, -0/+6Oh my god! Bear is driving car, how can that be?
  • chubbybubba, on 09/05/2008, -0/+6This is like an episode of Gilligans Island when someone gets hit on the head with a coconut. At the nursing home all they had to do was hit him on the head again. Clearly Gilligans Island was probably never shown in the UK which is another reason to wanna live HERE ;{
  • the.cloned, on 09/05/2008, -0/+6so now he has to live through losing his father twice?
    granted, not many people get the experience of seeing a dead relative again
  • vtnerd, on 09/05/2008, -5/+10So police incompetence isn't just an American problem....
  • Doubledown, on 09/05/2008, -1/+6you can't be phone....iPhone
  • inactive, on 09/05/2008, -2/+7Then who was tv?
  • drakenlot, on 09/05/2008, -4/+9Expect yours, which is full of epic win.
  • Speed, on 09/05/2008, -0/+5If you read the article, you would have seen that a DNA sample was offered.
  • sfrench, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4Who knew that David Arquette lives in England and cremates non-relatives?
  • inactive, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4look at the head of hair on that old guy. It's ***** i started losing mine @ 19 and this guy probably doesn't even know what hair is
  • DforSpiD, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4I don't demand perfect grammar, maybe just enough to prove you have intelligence above that of an insect...
  • livefromheaven, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4"After a horrible accident in India, the 'Today Show' promotional stunt 'Where in the world is Matt Lauer,' will be changed to 'Where in the tiger's stool is Matt Lauer.'''


    http://kjkolb.tripod.com/homepage/intheyear2000par ...
  • CandiLain, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4Dugg for being a happy story.

    It sucks that they thought he was dead, but I'm glad the story has a happy ending.
  • josephbloseph, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4@Nomader

    Everything is an English report. Spelling and grammar are always important.
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