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SAN DIEGO — A chance encounter outside a Costco in Mount Hope helped solve the five-year-old mystery of a missing man a family believed was dead.
Alicia Clark and her wife Claudette first saw David McCovery a few weeks ago in the median, panhandling.
“He was hobbling and only had one shoe, and his foot was swollen,” said Alicia Clark.
They bought him shoes, socks and food, and talked with him.
“Cladette asked if he needed anything else, and he said, ‘I just want to go home,'” said Clark.
Home, he told them, was Moss Point, Mississippi. Five years ago, McCovery says he getting his life back together after a stint in prison. He volunteered to help drive his brother’s friend to San Diego to see his child. When he got here, the man asked him to go inside a Burger King to get a drink.
“When I got outside, I looked around, and he wasn’t there,” said McCovery, 61.
Without a phone or money, he ended up on the streets. Having recently suffered a stroke, he became confused. He couldn’t remember contact numbers for his family. And so he panhandled and survived.
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Costco encounter helps solve 5-year mystery of missing man
Alicia Clark and her wife Claudette first saw David McCovery a few weeks ago in the median, panhandling.
“He was hobbling and only had one shoe, and his foot was swollen,” said Alicia Clark.
They bought him shoes, socks and food, and talked with him.
“Cladette asked if he needed anything else, and he said, ‘I just want to go home,'” said Clark.
Home, he told them, was Moss Point, Mississippi. Five years ago, McCovery says he getting his life back together after a stint in prison. He volunteered to help drive his brother’s friend to San Diego to see his child. When he got here, the man asked him to go inside a Burger King to get a drink.
“When I got outside, I looked around, and he wasn’t there,” said McCovery, 61.
Without a phone or money, he ended up on the streets. Having recently suffered a stroke, he became confused. He couldn’t remember contact numbers for his family. And so he panhandled and survived.
More at link...
Costco encounter helps solve 5-year mystery of missing man
