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Police in Alaska accidently report dead man as missing
Published December 22, 2012
Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 55-year-old man announced by police as missing Thursday had been dead for more than a week and his body was released to a funeral home as officers began searching for him, according to Anchorage police.
George Nathan Krause's death came to light Friday, following a confusing sequence of events, KTUU-TV
reported.
Krause's mother reported him missing to police, and officers subsequently released information about his case to local media Thursday.
Police spokeswoman Anita Shell told the Daily News (http://is.gd/ZjB1Bh ) that a nurse at Providence Alaska Medical Center saw a TV report Thursday and recognized him as a patient declared dead on Dec. 12.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/22/police-in-alaska-accidently-report-dead-man-as-missing/%20?test=latestnews#ixzz2FsRpuHwn
Published December 22, 2012
Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 55-year-old man announced by police as missing Thursday had been dead for more than a week and his body was released to a funeral home as officers began searching for him, according to Anchorage police.
George Nathan Krause's death came to light Friday, following a confusing sequence of events, KTUU-TV

Krause's mother reported him missing to police, and officers subsequently released information about his case to local media Thursday.
Police spokeswoman Anita Shell told the Daily News (http://is.gd/ZjB1Bh ) that a nurse at Providence Alaska Medical Center saw a TV report Thursday and recognized him as a patient declared dead on Dec. 12.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/22/police-in-alaska-accidently-report-dead-man-as-missing/%20?test=latestnews#ixzz2FsRpuHwn