ID Premieres 4-Part Benjaman Kyle Series as 77-Year-Old William Powell's Whereabouts Remain Unknown
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Updated · Fox News · May 23
ID Premieres 4-Part Benjaman Kyle Series as 77-Year-Old William Powell's Whereabouts Remain Unknown
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 23
May 25 brings Investigation Discovery's four-part "The Many Lives of Benjaman Kyle," revisiting how William Burgess Powell was found behind a Georgia Burger King in 2004 with no claimed memory of his identity.
The series follows filmmakers Eric and Shannon Evangelista, who say Powell's account raised doubts after his 2015 identification and after records and interviews appeared to undercut parts of his amnesia story.
1976 Indiana missing-person records, a car found abandoned without license plates, and Powell's own detailed memories from the mid-1980s became key leads as retired FBI official Ken Maxwell joined the inquiry.
No public evidence links Powell to homicide or organized crime, but the filmmakers say they have not located him since 2016 and are asking the public for help tracing the nearly 21-year gap before 2004 and his current whereabouts.
Was a man's total amnesia a medical tragedy or the perfect cover for a secret criminal past?
What secrets forced a man to erase his identity not once, but twice over fifty years?