Roger Curry: Mystery of abandoned man with dementia solved

An American man with dementia who was found on the street without any ID had been intentionally left in England by his family, a BBC investigation has found.

The identity of Roger Curry baffled police and social services for months.

BBC Panorama traced his family to a suburb of Los Angeles, and discovered that his son and daughter-in-law had flown him to England before abandoning him.

Darragh MacIntyre reports.

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