Identified! Canada - Toronto, Ont, LIVING white woman, Sep'12 - Linda Hegg

[Magnum P.E.]

This is interesting. How would a woman who does not drive get to Toronto from Delaware? And why would she be talking about an intersection in Nova Scotia? And why is ID taking so long? Didn't Linda Hegg leave any fingerprints or DNA in her home? Why doesn't a relative drive up and have a look at her? That's what I would do immediately if a family member was missing and I thought she was located.

Sorry to be cynical here, but it's just my nature. Amnesia of the type where someone does not know who they are but otherwise functions, does not happen in real life. In fact it is the plot device of last resort for bad soap opera writers.
Does anyone have a link to a recording of the Toronto Linda's voice? I'd like to hear her accent.

I smell a rat, there must be much more to this story than meets the eye.

 

[summer_breeze]

Thank you ~n/t~!

 

[Tucarra]

How the heck am I supposed to sleep tonight? some red wine I think

Heck...how about champagne....?? I'll buy ...:rocker:

 

[Tucarra]

This is interesting. How would a woman who does not drive get to Toronto from Delaware? And why would she be talking about an intersection in Nova Scotia? And why is ID taking so long? Didn't Linda Hegg leave any fingerprints or DNA in her home? Why doesn't a relative drive up and have a look at her? That's what I would do immediately if a family member was missing and I thought she was located.

Sorry to be cynical here, but it's just my nature. Amnesia of the type where someone does not know who they are but otherwise functions, does not happen in real life. In fact it is the plot device of last resort for bad soap opera writers.
Does anyone have a link to a recording of the Toronto Linda's voice? I'd like to hear her accent.

I smell a rat, there must be much more to this story than meets the eye.

Bolded by me

My younger sister just got diagnosed with early dementia, under 50 years old. She could easily wind up like this woman. No prior history of anything, seemed to correlate with a raging infection and state of severe dehydration. We may never know.

We have found her an assisted living facility. Her roomate is almost identically in the same state of incapacity. It happens.

Praying for all.

 

[Magnum P.E.]

Bolded by me

My younger sister just got diagnosed with early dementia, under 50 years old. She could easily wind up like this woman. No prior history of anything, seemed to correlate with a raging infection and state of severe dehydration. We may never know.

We have found her an assisted living facility. Her roomate is almost identically in the same state of incapacity. It happens.

Praying for all.

But they don't report dementia in the case of Linda, just amnesia, unless I missed that. And why can't anyone from her family or former life in Delaware identify her? Haven't they seen the same pictures we see? Couldn't one of them speak to her on the phone? Something does not make sense here, no sense at all.

I have not been to Canada lately, is a passport now required for an American to enter?

 

[ttcRider]

But they don't report dementia in the case of Linda, just amnesia, unless I missed that. And why can't anyone from her family or former life in Delaware identify her? Haven't they seen the same pictures we see? Couldn't one of them speak to her on the phone? Something does not make sense here, no sense at all.

I have not been to Canada lately, is a passport now required for an American to enter?

yes, you need a passport.. thats what has me so confused too. :waitasec:

Its quite a ways to go.. I don't think she would have been hitch hiking would she??

 

[DylansMom34]

This is interesting. How would a woman who does not drive get to Toronto from Delaware? And why would she be talking about an intersection in Nova Scotia? And why is ID taking so long? Didn't Linda Hegg leave any fingerprints or DNA in her home? Why doesn't a relative drive up and have a look at her? That's what I would do immediately if a family member was missing and I thought she was located.

Sorry to be cynical here, but it's just my nature. Amnesia of the type where someone does not know who they are but otherwise functions, does not happen in real life. In fact it is the plot device of last resort for bad soap opera writers.
Does anyone have a link to a recording of the Toronto Linda's voice? I'd like to hear her accent.

I smell a rat, there must be much more to this story than meets the eye.

Oh, so you think maybe this is some put on and not a real missing person?

 

[Magnum P.E.]

Oh, so you think maybe this is some put on and not a real missing person?

Hi DylansMom

The Toronto Linda surely looks to be Linda Hegg but there is a lot that just does not add up. I just don't know what to think. If someone wanders off they normally are found a short distance away, not in another country. Does anyone remember another instance of that? I don't.
Remember the guy who was found outside a Burger King with "amnesia"? There were a lot of things that did not seem on the level in that case also and most people distance themselves from it now.

Skeletal remains have been identified more quickly than this.

 

[Magnum P.E.]

yes, you need a passport.. thats what has me so confused too. :waitasec:

Its quite a ways to go.. I don't think she would have been hitch hiking would she??

Well, I went to another country over Thanksgiving. My passport was scanned (they now have a bar code on them) and I am sure that some giant computer somewhere knows exactly when I left the US and when I came back.

I wonder if Linda Hegg had a passport?

My money says that Dylan'sMom has made the correct ID, but.....there are a lot of questions.

Ever mindful of Occam's Razor, I look for the simplest answer that explains the known facts, but in this case I can't come up with one.

Let's assume that Dylan'sMom is correct and she is Linda Hegg of Delaware. Well, she didn't drive (she doesn't or can't, from all accounts). She didn't fly commercially (or there would be a record of her ticket and flight). Same with a bus. I also presume she does not have a pilot's license or her own plane. That leaves hitchhiking (so far no one has come forward to say they gave her a ride) or someone deliberately dumping her off. But if so, why, and why Canada?

I do have some thoughts but don't want to share them due to terms of use and all that.

Am I being overly suspicious or does this not pass the sniff test for others also?

Does anyone know what her family in Indiana is saying?

 

[matou]

There will be an official announcement today. Sounds like they are saying this woman IS Linda Hegg.

Police expected to identity Toronto’s mysterious amnesiac Linda

“It will be nice to know where my daughter is,” said Hegg’s father, 83-year-old Tom Hegg. “What I can’t understand is why she went to Canada. She never talked about Canada.”

The mystery began in early September, when a neatly dressed woman walked into a crowded shelter for the homeless in downtown Toronto. All she had with her was a tote bag filled with scraps of paper, a bottle of water, a map of Toronto bus routes and a wallet with a $20 Canadian bill. She had no ID.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/art...-identity-toronto-s-mysterious-amnesiac-linda

 

[Orgona]

From the same article posted above:

Meanwhile, south of the border in Newark, the mailman at a two-storey apartment building noticed that uncollected mail for the tenant in apartment 203 was piling up. Neighbours hadn’t seen Hegg for weeks.

The building, within walking distance of Newark’s downtown, is run by the non-profit National Alliance for Mental Illness. Its 17 tenants pay 30 per cent of their federal disability benefits in rent. Hegg has lived in the building for years.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1303070--police-expected-to-identity-toronto-s-mysterious-amnesiac-linda

BBM That would explain some of the mistery, but not how she got herself to Canada. Curious.

 

[Patience]

The mystery surrounding Linda, the woman with no memory, appears to be over.
Toronto police are expected to reveal her identity Monday morning, and all signs point to Linda being an American from Delaware named Linda Hegg. The announcement will end a more than three-month search that baffled police

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/art...-identity-toronto-s-mysterious-amnesiac-linda

Kudos to Dylan's mom! And everyone else :great:

 

[DylansMom34]

Linda Hegg's father is quoted in that story. I know Magnum thinks this whole thing is a hoax. I'm thinking it is really a form of amnesia. I'm just glad that it sounds like very soon we will know if these two Linda's are the same person. I continue to be emotional and excited!!

 

[Patience]

Toronto police are expected to confirm at a press conference Tuesday the identity of a mystery woman who showed up at a shelter in September knowing nothing but her first name.

Read it on Global News: Global Toronto | Police expected to identify mystery woman known only as 'Linda'
http://www.globaltoronto.com/police...man+known+only+as+linda/6442773919/story.html

 

[DylansMom34]

Toronto police are expected to confirm at a press conference Tuesday the identity of a mystery woman who showed up at a shelter in September knowing nothing but her first name.

Read it on Global News: Global Toronto | Police expected to identify mystery woman known only as 'Linda'
http://www.globaltoronto.com/police...man+known+only+as+linda/6442773919/story.html

ugh... I need to practice a little of your name, Patience. I hope on Tuesday, they don't issue another story saying "officials expect to confirm on Wednsday!" :banghead:

 

[Fin]

Even more troubling if it is Linda (and it must be) is how did she cross the border into Canada, and did she have a passport that is now required to enter into Canada? If she did have a passport, what happened to it? If she didn't have a passport, how did she enter Canada? Does the Canadian border agency have any record of her entering Canada? Huge security issues...both for the countries involved, and for Linda. Clearly, she should not be living as independently as she has been living, for her own safety!

 

[Angie4b1g]

I don't understand why DNA testing was necessary. Can't her family just say "yep, that's her!"?

:waitasec:

 

[ttcRider]

Waiting for confirmation; Linda Hegg from Newark, Delaware.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/art...-identity-toronto-s-mysterious-amnesiac-linda

 

[DylansMom34]

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-N...-police-ID-amnesiac-woman/UPI-12921355784292/

 

[JeannaT]

Great! It sounds like she needs to be fitted with a tracking device.