Private eye tells homeless man of inheritance

Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:32 am » by **Domdabears**

SALT LAKE CITY – A private investigator says he has tracked down a homeless Utah man and delivered some good news: He's inherited a lot of money.

David Lundberg said he found Max Melitzer pushing a shopping cart filled with personal possessions in a Salt Lake City park Saturday afternoon.

Lundberg declined to disclose how much money Melitzer will be receiving, but said the man's brother who died of cancer last year left him a "significant" amount in his will.

"He'll no longer be living on the street or in abandoned storage sheds," he told The Associated Press. "He'll be able to have a normal life, and be able to have a home, provide for himself, and purchase clothing, food and health care."

The story about Lundberg's two-month search for Lundberg has been reported by the Deseret News and KSL of Salt Lake City.

Lundberg said he was hired by the family's New York law firm to locate Melitzer, and some family members plan to meet Melitzer next week in Salt Lake City. He declined to identify them.

Melitzer's family wishes to remain private, and lawyers are deferring questions to Lundberg.

The investigator said he broke the news to Melitzer while they were sitting on a bench at Pioneer Park. While Lundberg said he didn't tell Melitzer how much money he was inheriting, the man was excited.

"He's still in shock. This came out of nowhere," Lundberg said. "He's a really mellow guy in his 60s, very sweet and more articulate than I thought for a man in his position."

Melitzer has been homeless for years and last had mail correspondence with his family in September. But when family members gave him a number to phone, he never called.

Don Hill, house manager at the Rescue Mission of Salt Lake, told Lundberg on Friday that he had seen Melitzer near the facility two days earlier.

Hill said he has known the homeless man for four years, and Melitzer stayed at places like the Rescue Mission when he's not roaming between Salt Lake City and Ogden.

"During the summer, I'd imagine, once in a while he'll stay out nights — outside," Hill told the Deseret News.

Earlier this month, a police officer found Melitzer sleeping in a car in an Ogden salvage yard.

Lundberg said Melitzer was taken Saturday to an undisclosed location in Salt Lake City and doesn't want to talk to the media right now. But Lundberg said he would talk to family members about possibly holding a news conference next week.

The investigator said he found Melitzer with the help of a tip. He received about 60 or 70 such calls after news about his search went out Friday.

"Someone called today (Saturday) and said they saw him at Pioneer Park. I thought it was another crazy tip, but sure enough, there he was," Lundberg said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110619/ap_ ... s_man_rich

Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:34 am » by **Freeyourmindnow**

cool

Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:34 am » by **99socks**

Dude, I just read that... But it leaves me wondering, why didn't the "rich" brother help his "poor" brother while he was alive?

Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:35 am » by **Domdabears**

99socks wrote:Dude, I just read that... But it leaves me wondering, why didn't the "rich" brother help his "poor" brother while he was alive?

I thought the same thing

Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:50 am » by **Thedude69**

He was a republican?

Mon Jun 20, 2011 1:18 am » by **Malogg**

99socks wrote:Dude, I just read that... But it leaves me wondering, why didn't the "rich" brother help his "poor" brother while he was alive?

Families can be like this my bro would rather see me down and out than help me out lol my dad's side of the family are minted never helped me and my bro out in life and they all live in mansion's and manor's, most help I got was a hot meal in my belly and a bed for the night.

My bro has worked hard for where he is in life and I am proud of him (senior dive tech)

money sux

Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:29 am » by **Mediasorcerer**

maybe he didnt want the help,what good does throwing money at people with psychological problems do anyway,can make it worse,
got to help yourself,

Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:48 am » by **Malogg**

mediasorcerer wrote:maybe he didnt want the help,what good does throwing money at people with psychological problems do anyway,can make it worse,
got to help yourself,

To true no other f@cker will but sometimes some folks do not want help nor do they want to better themselves which is a sad thing to see even tho these folk are happy but personally I think a little encouragement goes along way into helping folks not meaning anything like Trading places by Eddie Murphy but just a boot up the ass sometimes is all it takes but if I was minted and any of my family or friends was on the streets they sure as hell would get a boot up the ass and help in every way possible to get a decent respectable life on track for them.

Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:01 am » by **Mediasorcerer**

so would i malogg,but just cos we think like that,unfortunately others dont,they live in a different world,they dont have an overview others do have,such as you or me,
id give my brother or sister the shirt offa my bak at the drop of a hat ,
they just dont get the fact,that we are all here on earth in this together,a lot dont get that,its all just me me me,not,us us us.

Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:13 am » by **Malogg**

mediasorcerer wrote:so would i malogg,but just cos we think like that,unfortunately others dont,they live in a different world,they dont have an overview others do have,such as you or me,
id give my brother or sister the shirt offa my bak at the drop of a hat ,
they just dont get the fact,that we are all here on earth in this together,a lot dont get that,its all just me me me,not,us us us.

me me me me
Yeah that is some leaf we all should take to a certain extent, we have no dress rehearsal
but to leave your kin on the streets that is something I could never understand its ok falling out and not talking for a few years or grudge what a sibling has done but to leave them to rot on the street is SIN even tho you leave them all the tea in China in your will.
To live a life of Riley while your kin dwells in bum half way doss houses or in cardboard cities is unforgivable

the poor guy almost died on the street thinking his bro never loved or cared for him.