Man Hires Lookalike of Deceased Son as Janitor, Shocking Truth Revealed
“I buried my child 15 years ago — then I hired a man at my store who looked EXACTLY like the son I had lost. My son, Barry, died when he was only eleven years old. That kind of pain never really goes away. After that, I never had any more children. I was too afraid. Maybe it was the memories of Barry that made me do what I did. I was going through resumes for a janitor position at my store when I saw HIM. It was the resume of a 26-year-old man. His application had a seven-year gap in his work history. He had been in prison. His name was Barry, too, just like my son’s. But that wasn’t what caught my attention. It was his photo. I could have sworn he looked like my son would have looked if he were alive today. I called Barry in for an interview. “I made mistakes; I paid for them. I just want a chance to prove I’m not that person anymore,” he told me. He looked so much like my son that it felt like I was sitting across from him. When I hired him, my wife was furious. “WHY WOULD YOU HIRE AN EX-CON?! What if he robs us?” But Barry never gave me a single reason to doubt him. He always showed up fifteen minutes early. He did everything perfectly. He was polite and decent. Before I even realized it, we had started growing close. He came over for dinner. Sometimes even for the weekend. I could see that my wife was angry about it. But I didn’t pay attention. I finally had the chance to spend time with a son again, even if I wasn’t his biological father. One evening, Barry came over for dinner. When he suddenly dropped his fork, my wife suddenly shouted: “HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP LYING? When are you finally going to tell him the truth?!” “Honey, enough,” I said. “NO, NOT ENOUGH! How dare you lie to my husband and not tell him WHAT YOU DID TO HIS REAL SON?” My heart stopped. Barry had a STRANGE expression on his face, not looking at me. “Barry, what is she talking about?” I asked. He finally looked up at me. And what he said next nearly made me faint… Read the full story…details are waiting for you in my bio”
Summary
No reputable news, government, or academic source reports a case matching the described story of a mother hiring an ex‑convict who resembled her deceased son. The available live results cover unrelated criminal cases and employment studies, indicating the claim is unverified and likely fictional.
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- Western District of Tennessee | Texas Woman Sentenced to 10 Years of Imprisonment in Connection with Murder-for-Hire Plot | United States Department of Justice
In July 2023, a grand jury in the Western District of Tennessee returned a one-count indictment for Use of Interstate Facility in Commission of Murder-for-Hire in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1958 against both Ashley Grayson and her husband, Joshua ...
- Woman Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Attempting to Hire a Hit Man to Kill Her Daughter’s Ex-Boyfriend and Two Others in New Jersey - Murder plot was foiled by the New Jersey State Police - New Jersey Office of Attorney General
A member of the State Police Violent Organized Crime Control South Bureau posed as a hit man, and on Nov. 21, Nagrodski met him at the Phillipsburg Mall in Lopatcong, N.J., to outline how she wanted him to kill all three victims. Regarding her daughter’s ex-boyfriend, she told the detective to “burn him alive” and make sure he knew she was responsible.
- Investigator's Guide to Missing Child Cases
OJP is the federal government’s leading source of funding and research to strengthen the justice system, support law enforcement, and enhance victim services.
- Will Employers Hire Ex-Offenders? Employer Preferences, Background Checks, and Their Determinants | Office of Justice Programs
The employers surveyed had recently hired low-skill workers (those most likely to hire ex-offenders), suggesting that criminal record is a significant disqualifying factor for the large majority of employers, and this reluctance is apparently uniform across the metropolitan areas surveyed.
- Facing a stigma, many ex-convicts in the U.S. struggle to find work - CBS News
For more than 19 million Americans, that conviction has led to a felony on their permanent record.
- Ex-Prisoners Face Headwinds as Job Seekers, Even as Openings Abound - The New York Times
Ed Hennings started a Milwaukee trucking company in 2016 after his release from prison, and says he has hired at least 20 formerly incarcerated men.Credit...Akilah Townsend for The New York Times
- Barry George - Wikipedia
In May 1980, he appeared in court clad in glam rock clothing and untruthfully stated his name to be Paul Gadd. At Kingston Magistrates' Court he was convicted and fined £25. In the early 1980s he appeared in a local newspaper claiming to be the winner of the British Karate Championship; he ...
- Barry Gibbs - Innocence Project
Eppolito and another former NYPD detective have since been convicted of eight murders and several other charges based on evidence that they plotted and carried out murders on behalf of the Mafia.
- Sabrina Carpenter ‘kidnaps’ ex Barry Keoghan’s lookalike in new Please Please Please video after he ‘embarrasses’ her - NewsBreak
It saw actor Barry, 32, depicted in the video itself as a convict behind bars.
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