Homeless Man Inherits $50,000

The Associated Press

Published: August 4, 2007

MIAMI - A homeless Miami man who hadn't spoken to his family in nearly two decades was found Friday, after his family made public their effort to track him down and present him with a $50,000 inheritance.

Randy Chapman, 51, was last seen by his family 19 years ago. Back then, he demanded $1,000 to take a test to see whether he could provide a bone marrow transplant for his brother who suffered from leukemia.

He didn't match, and Chapman hadn't talked to them since. Throughout the years he had many run-ins with the police, but when his aunt Pearl Hauenstein died in 2000, she left him the money.

His cousin Mae Lou Howard hired a private detective to find him.

'I can't believe it,' Chapman told The Miami Herald upon learning of his small fortune. 'I don't even know her. I'm so grateful.'

'He deserves a life. He hasn't had anything up to now,' Howard said.

On Friday, Chapman said he was determined to turn his life around. 'I'm not going to blow it,' he said.

 

This was found at TBO.com

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