Vancouver Police Work With Dutch Authorities to Identify ‘Lucky’
Dutch police seek public help as Vancouver officers and Interpol compare photos and investigate whether Lucky matches a man missing for more than 30 years.
- The Vancouver Police Department is working with Dutch police and Interpol to identify "Lucky," a man who collapsed on an Amsterdam street three years ago and now resides in a nursing home.
- Public speculation suggests "Lucky," also known as "Chris the Canadian," might be John Russell Kenny, who went missing in Vancouver in 1994 and would now be about 67 years old.
- The Politie Amsterdam released a video seeking public help identifying the man, who was part of an Amsterdam Buddhist community and suffers from aphasia, leaving him unable to communicate.
- Collaborating with international partners, the Missing Persons Unit is comparing photos of Lucky and Kenny that bear distinct similarities to determine if they are the same person.
- Vancouver police spokeswoman Megan Lui says the investigation remains ongoing and will provide an update "if a positive identification is made" regarding the cold case spanning more than 30 years.
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'Lucky' collapsed on Amsterdam street. Did he go missing in Canada in 1994?
Vancouver police say they are working with Dutch counterparts and Interpol to determine if an unidentified man who collapsed on the street in the Netherlands three years ago is a Canadian who went missing in B.C. in the 1990s
Amsterdam launched a public call to identify a man of possible Canadian origins and more than 500 testimonies came in.
Is a mystery man who collapsed in Amsterdam a Canadian who's been missing for 33 years?
Police are investigating if a mystery man who collapsed on the street in Amsterdam three years ago is actually a Canadian who went missing from Vancouver more than three decades ago.
For three years Amsterdam has known him only as a mysterious "Lucky". Now an amazing resemblance leads to a Canadian who has been missing since 1994.
The release by the Amsterdam police of a video showing a man whose identity she has been seeking for three years has aroused strong reactions. Her case seems to be consistent with the disappearance of a Canadian 30 years ago. ...
The search for the identity of ‘Lucky’, the man who has been unable to say who he is for over three years following a brain injury, has taken a striking...
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