Man who escaped Oregon prison 30 years ago was found in Georgia with a stolen identity, authorities say | CNN
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A man who escaped from an Oregon state prison nearly 30 years ago and stole the identity of a deceased child was captured in Georgia on Tuesday, according to authorities.

The discovery of the stolen identity came after new investigative technology employed by the US State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service developed new leads in the case this year, the Marshals Service said without elaborating about the technology.

Facial recognition?

  • jonne@infosec.pub
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    4 months ago

    Maybe a central database of death certificates that can be compared with people currently alive? I still don’t get how you can just use a dead person’s identity in the US without anyone figuring it out.