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Son exhumes dad’s grave for answers, finds stranger’s body in casket instead
New York Post ^ | June 9, 2026

Posted on 06/09/2026 9:25:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A son who was told his ‘missing’ dad had died more than 40 years ago has exhumed the body – and found they buried the WRONG person.

Mark Wells, 52, has spent decades wondering what really happened to his dad, Dale Wayne Wells, who disappeared aged 38 in February 1985. After becoming frustrated at a lack of answers from the authorities, he paid to get his dad’s remains exhumed in the hope that new DNA could help solve the mystery.

But Mark was stunned when the results came back — and revealed the man he buried and mourned as a child was not his dad — and belonged to a complete stranger.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: benbarry; dalewaynewells; genealogy; helixmakemineadouble; markwells; newyorkpost; oops; placercounty
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1 posted on 06/09/2026 9:25:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Secret Agent man...................


2 posted on 06/09/2026 9:33:53 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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Got a search hit, then it was a 404 when I went there.

Dale Wayne Wells in Colfax, California
https://www.addresses.com/4:eJyKVnJx9HFV0lEKd4z0A9OuPj7BSjpKSjpKzvk5aYkVIIYjRAAqHGbqq-seZBKipKNUUpSYV1yal5mfB5KLBQQAAP__4SoTiQ==/


3 posted on 06/09/2026 9:41:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: nickcarraway

So who did dad vote for last Tuesday?


4 posted on 06/09/2026 9:42:43 PM PDT by C210N
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To: nickcarraway

No, wrong name on the tombstone?


5 posted on 06/09/2026 9:43:07 PM PDT by imardmd1 (To learn is to live; the joy of living: to teach. Fiat Lux! )
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237422296/dale-w-wells


6 posted on 06/09/2026 9:43:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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I think “hunting accident” and “dental records” was a cover story for a murder, but hey, I wasn’t there.

https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/son-digs-dad-not-in-grave-397133-20260609


7 posted on 06/09/2026 9:44:16 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: nickcarraway

They put him in witness protection.


8 posted on 06/09/2026 10:22:04 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: nickcarraway

The quality assurance department at New York Post is abhorrent. What 10 year old wrote that slop?


9 posted on 06/09/2026 10:26:45 PM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: Red Badger
There's a man who leads a life of danger...(Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man)
10 posted on 06/09/2026 10:34:15 PM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: Frank Drebin

Great song from my childhood, for sure.


11 posted on 06/09/2026 10:39:41 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: C210N

Not a Democrat.


12 posted on 06/09/2026 10:46:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Red Badger; Secret Agent Man

You could at least ping him....

😁😁😁


13 posted on 06/10/2026 2:31:00 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway

Probably happens more often than most realize.


14 posted on 06/10/2026 3:10:39 AM PDT by fso301
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To: fso301

Yep, you can find video of someone taking a hammer and smacking the crap out of a loved one’s coffin. Take a guess why someone would do that.


15 posted on 06/10/2026 3:18:06 AM PDT by Skwor
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To: nickcarraway

buck up kid... your daddy abandoned you and pulled a Raymond Reddington. move on...


16 posted on 06/10/2026 3:20:45 AM PDT by sit-rep (START DEMANDING INDICTMENTS NOW!!!!!)
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To: nickcarraway
The firm compared DNA from the bone to DNA from Dale's sister, Sharon Service. In a letter addressed to Mark, Mitrotyping Technologies, who conducted the DNA analysis on the bones, stated that Dale can be "excluded as the contributor to the biological material questioned bone sample."

Why didn't he have the DNA compared to his own DNA? Why his sister's? What this could mean is that this body is indeed his father, but the mother cheated and some other man fathered his sister. This whole situation is weird.

17 posted on 06/10/2026 3:54:18 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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