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Back from the dead: U.S. deserter who vanished 28 years ago after
fleeing his Air Force base is FOUND... living under a new identity in Sweden
fleeing his Air Force base is FOUND... living under a new identity in Sweden
more, with pictures, at Sunday Mail link above28 years after deserting the U.S. Air Force, a serviceman believed dead has stunned his family by contacting them from where has been living, as a fugitive, in Sweden.
Now aged 47, David Hemler vanished in 1984 while serving at a base in Germany, fleeing the country without a trace.
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Hemler planned on staying in Sweden for a week or so, but ended up marrying a woman from Thailand and settling down under an assumed name.
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Hemler became one of the U.S. Air Force's eight most wanted fugitives and had expected at any time to be arrested by military police with both Interpol and Europol looking for him.
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The dad-of-three first contacted his U.S. family four weeks ago, speaking to his brother Thomas who was in Massachusetts at the time on a business trip.
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‘My dream scenario is that the responsible authorities realise I have already been punished quite severely for my actions,’ [David Hemler] said. ‘I have been living 28 years in lies.’
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