The Spokesman Review - WA, USAAugust 16, 2009 in Features
A father lost, a father found
Rebecca Nappi
rebeccan@spokesman.com, (509) 459-5496
A “John Doe” was found dead in a van in downtown Spokane on June 14, 1983. In 2006, thanks to a “cold case” investigation, Spokane County medical examiner’s office staffers discovered his identity: Michael Keith Roberts.
County staffers, along with others in the community, paid for a headstone and held a memorial service for Roberts. The Spokesman-Review did a series of columns in summer 2006 on the “Michael Mystery.”
End of story? No.
Recently, Zak Gilbert, 33, of Fort Collins, Colo., contacted the newspaper. Roberts was Gilbert’s biological father.
Gilbert didn’t know how his dad had died until a relative alerted him – just this June – to the columns that ran three years ago.
This story is a complicated one involving a forgotten man, the son he never knew, and relentless searchers in Seattle and Spokane. (more...)
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