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A Connecticut man says he is convinced that the mysterious man accused of kidnapping his daughter in Boston and wanted for questioning in the 1985 disappearance of a California couple was a German student who lived with his family decades ago.

Immigration officials confirmed Thursday that they have joined the investigation into the background of Clark Rockefeller, who is jailed in Boston on charges that he snatched his 7-year-old daughter, Reigh, last month in an elaborately planned kidnapping.

Steve Savio, 39, of Berlin, Connecticut, said Thursday that he is "100 percent certain" Rockefeller is the same person who boarded with his family in 1980 under the name Christian Gerhart Reiter at age 17. Read full article »

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