That is just sad.
Yet, where is the phone and why hasn’t been disconnected.
If you read the article, it explains that the hoaxers are using “spoofing”. They don’t actually have his phone.
I don’t know how to do it, but apparently there is a way to even change the way your home phone’s number shows up on someone else’s caller ID so they don’t know it’s from you or have your number when you call them.
You can make your phone look like it’s coming from any number.