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Kansas police track down owner of wallet missing for nearly 50 years
By , Patrick Reilly
Published October 11, 2021
A Kansas Police Department tracked down the owner of a handmade wallet that had been lost nearly 50 years ago.
The misplaced item was found recently and turned in to officers in Great Bend, a town of about 15,000 some two hours northwest of Wichita.
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The long-lost wallet still contained many items, including a social security card and a driver’s license with an expiration date of 1974, The Great Bend Police Department said in a Facebook Post on Thursday.
Cops found the owner, who now lives in Lawrence, Kansas, about three hours East of Great Bend.
A Kansas Police Department found the owner of a handmade wallet that was lost nearly 50 years ago.
The man was "tickled" when he got the call, and told cops that he had in fact lost a wallet sometime in the early 1970s, police said.
The wallet was homemade, the man told police.
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"It’s not everyday we have fun stories like this we have to share," the department said.
"What a great story and it made us smile!"
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