Florida Man With Amnesia Wakes Up In Palm Springs, Speaks Swedish

[Initech]

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Four months after he was found unconscious in a Palm Springs, Calif., motel, doctors are looking into the mystery of a Florida man who awoke with no memory of his past and speaking only Swedish.

Michael Boatwright, 61, woke up with amnesia, calling himself Johan Ek, The Desert Sun (http://mydesert.co/145PNGw) reports. Boatwright was found unconscious in a Motel 6 room in February. After police arrived, he was transported to the Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs where he woke up.

Hospital officials said Boatwright may have been in town for a tennis tournament in the Coachella Valley. He was found with a duffel bag of exercise clothes, a backpack and tennis rackets. He also carried four forms of identification — a passport, a California identification card, a veteran's medical card and a Social Security card — all of which identified him as Michael Thomas Boatwright.

Palm Springs police have documented his information in case anyone lists Boatwright as missing or wanted, authorities said.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/man-found-california-motel-awakens-amnesia

[Mira]

1. I knew Zimmerman would

have to be crafty in his disguises.

[MADem]

2. He was on the news tonight--very odd story! nt