[QUOTE=King Friday]
I just came across this thread and am riveted! I’m just glad I didn’t pick up on it January 11th, I’d have pulled my hair out by now.
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Lucky you…
[QUOTE=butler1850]
I had a lost class ring returned to me about 5 years after I lost it. It had dropped behind a locker in the mens locker room at my high school. Another student had his go to the same location, and when he went looking for his, found mine. I was easy to find, as I was still working in the supermarket where he also worked (I worked there through college).
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Heh…
I gave mine to a girl at a graduation party… went to go pick up another keg… took it to a different party… never saw her or it ever again.
Just thought I’d check in and see if the wallet ever found its’ owner.
I nearly signed up for Straightdope with “Donald Eugene Ivens” as my nick but I thought that would be silly/cruel.
[QUOTE=An Gadaí]
I nearly signed up for Straightdope with “Donald Eugene Ivens” as my nick but I thought that would be silly/cruel.
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heh. We like silly and cruel. Welcome home.
Thanks 
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[QUOTE=An Gadaí]
I nearly signed up for Straightdope with “Donald Eugene Ivens” as my nick but I thought that would be silly/cruel.
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Brilliant!
[QUOTE=An Gadaí]
I nearly signed up for Straightdope with “Donald Eugene Ivens” as my nick but I thought that would be silly/cruel.
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Welcome to the SDMB, An Gadai. 
Damn! I saw this thread yesterday and started reading it intently. As both a bystander and someone who used to work in the PI business, I was really looking forward to happy ending, but I didn’t finish yesterday.
And now I’ve gotten to the end of the thread only to discover there’s been no resolution yet. 
It’s incredibly tempting to see if I could get one of the local (Los Angeles) television media outlets interested in picking up this story. I’d think they’d be interested both as a story about finding the lost man and about how an internet community with powerful and far-reaching resources have pulled together to try to solve the mystery!
Let’s get on it, then. KCAL9 lets you send email to suggest a story. KTLA has a link on their site. Fox 11 doesn’t have a specific contact for story ideas, but they seem open to phone calls. If you want to draft an email to KCAL9 and copy it to KTLA, I’ll call Fox. If you could show me the email first, that’d be great too.
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor]
Welcome to the SDMB, An Gadai.
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Thank you very much.
I just want to add that I love this board.
seriously thats all I wanted to add
[QUOTE=An Gadaí]
I nearly signed up for Straightdope with “Donald Eugene Ivens” as my nick but I thought that would be silly/cruel.
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How about the anagram “Avenge and Delusion”.
This guy is
… elusive and and gone.
Solve and I need a gun.
Just discovered this thread yesterday, and felt compelled to add a note, even though it refers to a “dead end” candidate for ownership of the wallet …
[QUOTE=filmyak]
1 – the person with a different (by 1 letter) spelling of their last name at Graceland University moved to Lamoni, IA. We lost that trail already, but I did find out this person retired from the school and moved away.
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If so, he didn’t move far – Graceland University’s main campus is in Lamoni. When U.S. Senator Paul Simon was campaigning for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination, he played off the then-recent success of this album by making an appearance at the school and billing it as “Paul Simon Comes to Graceland”.
Fascinating story. Any updates?
I just did a search on ASK.com
Ivens, Donald E. has three adresses associated with the name.
Ehrenberg, Arizona
Bell Gardens California
Mecca, California
no street adress, though.
Have these towns been searched already?
[QUOTE=Enola Straight]
I just did a search on ASK.com
Ivens, Donald E. has three adresses associated with the name.
Ehrenberg, Arizona
Bell Gardens California
Mecca, California
no street adress, though.
Have these towns been searched already?
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I see Scotandrsn beat me to it.
:o
A similar story in the news today:
Stolen Wallet Found After 56 Years
[QUOTE=Enola Straight]
Have these towns been searched already?
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Yes. 
[QUOTE=Beadalin]
A similar story in the news today:
Stolen Wallet Found After 56 Years
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For this reason alone the OP NEEDS to get the local press on this!