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It took 16 years and a binational team of government officials and citizens to identify him, but finally the family of a man on life support in Coronado has some answers. Read More »
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John Doe in San Diego identified after 16 years on life support
A man on life support for 16 years has finally be identified by an alliance of nonprofits, government officials and Border Patrol agents. Read More »
ID of man on life support at Coronado facility remains elusive
Officials including medical experts, advocacy groups and members of the Border Patrol and Mexican consulate are still trying to ID a John Doe whose been on life support for 15 years. Read More »
Medicare proposes reimbursing doctors for having end-of-life conversations
These difficult conversations between physician and family members — today not covered by Medicare — played a significant role in an inewsource investigation published in September that explored a hidden world where thousands of Californians are kept alive by artificial means. Read More »
More families hope man on life support for 15 years is their lost loved one
He smiles back at a reporter as she smiles and mouths the word “hello.” It’s an expression that belies both his official mental status — he’s believed to be non-responsive — and his circumstance. Read More »
A man they call Sixty-Six Garage: on life support for 15 years in Coronado
By Joanne Faryon/inewsource They call him Garage for short. His full name is Sixty-Six Garage — after the place the van he was traveling in was taken after it crashed near the Mexican border about 100 miles east of San Diego in June 1999. Or so the story goes. No one knows for sure, but it’s the lore ... Read More »
Should doctors ask: What things make life worth living?
What things in your life make it worth living? That's what researchers at Harvard's School of Public Health want doctors to begin asking their patients. They're developing a guide to help them with end of life conversations. Read More »
Another family makes claim on John Doe on life support
Another woman, this time from Northern California, believes a John Doe who has been on life support for more than 14 years at the Villa Coronado Skilled Nursing Facility may be her missing brother. She is the second person in the past three months to come forward, believing he is a lost relative, and the seventh to make such a ... Read More »
DNA test to determine identity of John Doe on life support
The identity of a John Doe who has lived on life support in a Coronado nursing home for the past 14 years continues to be a mystery after a fingerprint analysis was inconclusive. Read More »
A woman’s 14-year search for her brother leads to a John Doe on life support
The situation for the John Doe in Villa Coronado could become more complicated if he’s identified — and found to be in the country illegally. Read More »