Police may have discovered the real identity of the man they have been holding in jail for the past year. Arrested while trying to cross the channel into France, the man's identity papers showed the name Christopher Buckingham. Unfortunately, the real Christopher Buckingham died as an infant. The man had been living in England and passing himself off as "Lord Buckingham" for more than 20 years. He had even married and had two children.
For the past year, he has refused to give any other name than Christopher Buckingham. Recently, though, a family in Orlando, Florida has come forward and claims the man is actually Charlie Stopford who disappeared 23 years ago. By all accounts a huge Beatles fan and Anglophile, Stopford disappeared after getting in a bit of legal trouble. It seems he tried to blow up his supervisor's car while working at a Burger King.
Authorities are trying to get a DNA match to confirm the man's identity.
