24 June, 2013

She stole another’s identity, and took her secret to the grave. Who was she? | Local News | The Seattle Times

She stole another’s identity, and took her secret to the grave. Who was she? | Local News | The Seattle Times: The strongbox was Lori’s. For years, she kept it tucked in a bedroom closet, among a long list of items her husband, Blake Ruff, knew he was never to touch. Blake being Blake, he obeyed.

Lori died in 2010. That’s when Blake’s relatives found the box. Its contents told an astonishing story: The woman they knew as Lori was someone else entirely. She had created a new identity two decades earlier.

That brings us to our mystery. If Lori wasn’t really Lori, who was she? And why would she go so far to hide her past?