![]() To help with Kyle's identification, Kingston's office sent DNA samples to the FBI's National Criminal Justice Information Services Division in West Virginia. A friend contacted Georgia Congressman Jack Kingston for help with the case. Georgia Legal Services did not obtain medical records for Kyle because Memorial Health requested an $800 fee. King suggested that Kyle's amnesia dates from August 31, 2004. He was diagnosed with dissociative amnesia in 2007 by Jason A. While driving his truck in a yard, Kyle discovered that he still remembered how to drive a car. The nurse helped support Kyle financially while he earned about $100 a month mostly doing yard work. Lewis Health Care Center he met a nurse who first inquired about his past. Īfter being released from the hospital, Kyle spent several years between the Grace House men's shelter and hospitals. He may also have been on the road because of Hurricane Charley, which had hit earlier that month. Route 17 or Interstate 95 in late August 2004. ![]() Kyle believed he was passing through Richmond Hill, either on U.S. Upon seeing himself in the mirror for the first time, Kyle realized he was around 20 years older than he thought he was. He had cataracts in both eyes, and had corrective surgery nine months after he was found, when a charity raised enough money to pay for the operation. He came up with the surname "Kyle" from his police and hospital placeholder name. He eventually said that he remembered his name was Benjaman, spelled with two 'a's, but said he could not recall his last name. Two weeks later he was transferred to Memorial Health University Medical Center, where records state he was semiconscious. There were no reports of stolen vehicles in the area and local restaurants and hotels did not encounter any individuals matching Kyle's description. After the incident, no criminal investigation was opened by Richmond Hill police until a friend inquired with the department in 2007. He had no identity document and was recorded in hospital records as "Burger King Doe". After discovering him, employees called the emergency services, and EMS took him to St. He had three depressions in his skull that appeared to have been caused by blunt force trauma and he also had red ant bites on his body. On August 31, 2004, at 5:00 a.m., a Burger King employee in Richmond Hill, Georgia, found Kyle unconscious, naked, and sunburned behind a dumpster of the restaurant. With the rediscovery of his Social Security number, he has again become eligible for employment and has received public assistance. A gap of more than 20 years in his life history still remains without any documented records. In late 2015, genetic detective work, which had gone on for years, led to the discovery of his identity as William Burgess Powell, born August 29, 1948. Between 20, neither he nor the authorities had determined his identity or background, despite searches that had included television publicity and various other methods. On August 31, 2004, he was found, naked and injured, without any possessions or identification, next to a dumpster behind a Burger King restaurant in Richmond Hill, Georgia. " Benjaman Kyle" was the alias chosen by an American man who had severe amnesia. ![]() Identity loss due to dissociative amnesia
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