Two men in their 50s are accused of using the names Tim Seidenfeld and Glenn Scotzin, identities traced to Idaho children who died in the early 1970s. The assumed identities date to about 1990, when the men surfaced in Salem, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington. Police know the men’s current locations but are asking the public for tips, photos or records to help establish who they really are. Authorities say traditional identification methods have been insufficient after decades of identity use.
Decades-Long Identity Mystery: Two Men Allegedly Used Names Of Dead Children, Police Say
2 Washington men spent decades under identities taken from dead children: police
Two men in their 50s are accused of living for more than three decades under identities stolen from children who died in Idaho in the early 1970s, and the Pasco Police Department is asking the public for help piecing together their true histories.
The men have been using the names Tim Seidenfeld and Glenn Scotzin since around 1990, according to Pasco police.(Fox News)
Authorities say the men have used the names Tim Seidenfeld and Glenn Scotzin since about 1990. Those names have been traced to two Idaho children who died in separate accidents in the early 1970s, according to a statement released by Pasco police.
The men have been using the names Tim Seidenfeld and Glenn Scotzin since around 1990, according to Pasco police.
Investigators describe the case as a decades-long identity mystery spanning multiple states. Although police say they know where the two men currently live, many questions remain about how they assumed and maintained the stolen identities for so long.
Authorities asked anyone with information about the two men, no matter how old, to contact Pasco police.
“We’re not looking to find them. We’re well aware of their location,” Pasco Police Lt. Tom Groom told the Tri-City Herald. “We’re asking for information about how they’ve been living their lives with their appropriated names.”
Police say the men surfaced in Salem, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington around 1990, shortly after adopting the assumed names. From there investigators traced a faint trail linking the men to Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, Texas and California.
Officials believe both may have worked in the telecommunications industry in the early 1990s, but no official employment records have been located, a detail investigators say deepens the mystery. Authorities have not indicated whether the men are suspected of additional crimes.
How You Can Help
Detectives are asking anyone with information, photographs, employment records, or memories that could help confirm the men’s true identities to contact the Pasco Police Department. Tips from neighbors, former coworkers or acquaintances from the early 1990s could prove valuable.
Pasco police emphasize that while the men’s current locations are known, piecing together their pasts depends largely on public leads. Anyone with relevant information should reach out to Pasco Police through official channels.
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