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Velling retired 08/2015. From how I read the article, he went to Philly earlier this year, 2016, and he went as a civilian. He could have been retained on a consultant basis specifically to close this case.The timeline says it was solved in 3/2015 except for DNA verification. If that is true why did Velling say when he first met the Cassidy's he was just a retired federal employee. Did they mean this year? They sent me the link on FB and i replied with that question. Am I missing something? Maybe Vellings resume is wrong or he counted comp time. Not sure feds can do that but some public employees can accumulate unused vacation time to retire early.
It's 3 days before mine exactly. I'm about to be 48. So she wasn't as old as we speculated. ��
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What's everyone feeling right now? Now that we know her real name?
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I am very glad to see this! So happy to know that her daughter is getting to know the other side of her family, and glad to know that Lori née Kimberly had love from a family and was missed.Wow!
From the article:
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...rplexing-mystery-of-identity-thief-lori-ruff/
I'm over-the-moon happy for that little girl that they found Lori/Kimberly's family. I got goosebumps reading this. I always thought we would find out her parents had died but they are alive and her daughter can now know her family. She has someone to ask--"what was my mom like when she was a little girl?" I'm sitting here crying happy tears for her. I hope no one digs up anything nasty on the family now that it is out.
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I'd like to thank whoever it was who spotted Lori in the press and called in a tip. The Ruff family for being more proactive than we thought in getting this solved and for welcoming the Cassidy/McCleanss into their family. Velling for just never being able to put it down. Fitzpatrick for plugging away at the family tree. But most of all everyone here for the thousands of man hours trying to get this cracked, some of you have been here years, others just days, but she gripped us all.
It's really happened guys, Lori Erica Ruff finally has her name back. And now my eyes are leaking.
What's everyone feeling right now? Now that we know her real name?
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I wonder why Akoya thought releasing Lori's true identity was dangerous for her daughter?
Flippin' good point!!
I wonder if the female who called in the connection initially was SS1988? Linda always felt that poster was a female. But SS said "Lori" lived with her mother in Texas in 1988, so that bit definitely isn't right. Hmmmm.
I agree on the FOIA.I'm happy that her daughter can have a relationship with her bio relatives, that they're not some dangerous criminal abusive set.
I'm intrigued about the missing two years and where she lived and under what name.
I want to see a pic of Kimberly!
I'm annoyed that it seems like it was solved a while back but yet her Namus stayed up and people kept putting in many hours investigating.
And I think that the foia request was the trigger for the story breaking - they must have been pushed into it. So thanks awillis for that and I hope they never charged your credit card!
Attention seeker. 15 minutes of fame.I wonder why Akoya thought releasing Lori's true identity was dangerous for her daughter?
Seattle Times corrected the dates in the timeline.
They messaged back that the timeline had typo. It has been corrected. They solved it in 3/2106 not 2015