Missing Canoeist

John Darwin disappeared in 2002 in what was believed to be a canoe accident. 5 years later he walked into a police station and announced "I think I am a missing person."

1. Has been arrested for suspicion of fraud
2. Wife Anne Darwin admitted he faked his own death to clear debts facing the family

• Google News: Missing Canoeist
• Sky News: Back-From-The-Dead Canoeist John Darwin Pleads Guilty (March 13, 2008)
• National Nine News: Canoe man 'stole dead baby's identity' (December 13, 2007)
  • Darwin allegedly borrowed the name of an infant that died five weeks after birth - John Jones - to obtain a birth certificate. He had read about Jones in a newspaper.
• CNN.com: Cops: Did You See Bearded Canoeist? (December 10, 2007)
• CNN.com: 'Canoe Man' John Darwin Charged (December 8, 2007)
  • "Canoe Man" John Darwin has been charged on two counts of fraud, UK police have said."
• CNN.com: Wife of 'Canoe Man' arrested in UK (December 8, 2007)
• FOXNews.com: Wife: Canoeist Faked Own Death to Clear Debts (December 8, 2007)
• ABC News: Did 'Missing' Canoeist's Wife Flee to Miami? (December 7, 2007)
  • Anne Darwin, wife of canoeist John Darwin, has admitted to helping her husband fake his disappearance. Though she said she plans to return to England, she has instead holed up in a Miami hotel room.
• CNN.com: Canoe Man 'tried to buy catamaran' (December 7, 2007)
• CNN.com: Missing canoeist arrested in UK (December 5, 2007)
  • "A British man who reappeared five years after he was thought to have drowned in a canoeing accident has been arrested on suspicion of fraud, police confirmed Wednesday."
• Times Online: Missing canoeist 'lost his memory for five years' (December 4, 2007)
  • Police spokeswoman: "The guy can't remember anything about what's happened or why he's come forward. He has no memory at all. He has obviously been somewhere for the last five years and a lot of questions need answering."
• Telegraph: Family of Missing Canoeist Go into Hiding (December 4, 2007)
  • "Mr Darwin's wife, Anne, who sold the family home and emigrated to Panama in September...Details of Mrs Darwin's known address in Panama have also been passed to police and it is understood that Foreign Office officials are trying to contact her."
• Metro.co.uk: 'Missing' Canoeist's Wife in 'Facebook Suicide' (December 4, 2007)
• AFP: Missing Canoeist Turns Up After Five Years, Wife Disappears (December 4, 2007)
• Telegraph: Missing Canoeist's Wife Emigrated to Panama (December 4, 2007)
• BBC News: Missing Canoeist Has No Memory (December 3, 2007)

• Google Blog Search: Missing Canoeist

• Anorak News: Mr John Darwin Panels His Canoe Back To 2002 And All That

• Nothing To Do With Arbroath: Now Wife of Canoeist Has Gone Missing ... in Panama

• Guardian Unlimited: Police Googled Him - Podcast (December 4, 2007)

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