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Having captured Clark Rockefeller and recovered his daughter Reigh Boss, who he allegedly kidnapped on July 27, police are puzzled over the man’s true identity.
After returning seven-year-old Reigh safely to her mother, Sandra Boss, police are working to establish Rockefeller’s motives, his failed plans, and his identity.
The Australian reported that “the couple divorced in part over ‘identity issues,’” perhaps an understatement for a reported con man with several aliases.
Rockefeller was refused bail at a preliminary hearing in Boston today. In a stunning development, Rockefeller’s fingerprints have been matched to a driver’s license application in another state; the name, presumably an alias, on that application has been linked to a long-ago murder in California. Rockefeller’s attorney denies both any connection to the murder, and the proposition that Rockefeller could be guilty of kidnapping with respect to his own daughter.
As the Boston Herald notes, Rockefeller had been the primary caregiver since Reigh’s birth. Yet in their divorce settlement, he gave Boss custody of Reigh in exchange for their $1.5 million estate. Authorities suspect he took the settlement to avoid surrendering his birth certificate. Following the decision in December, Boss took Reigh with her to London.
Evidently, Rockefeller had second thoughts, and allegedly kidnapped Reigh during a supervised visit at his Boston home on July 27. Police, following Rockefeller’s hints to the getaway drivers, initially believed he planned to escape on a yacht.
Two months ago, Bruce Boswell, a Baltimore resident, met with Rockefeller and sold him a catamaran—not the “yacht” Rockefeller had described. The sale was completed after hours at an Obsidian Realty office he falsely claimed to own. According to the Baltimore Sun, Rockefeller “punched in an alarm code, entered the office and wrote up a bill of sale.”
Rockefeller told Boswell about his plans to buy and renovate a historic theater in West Baltimore, spoke as though he operated in posh circles in New York, and “said negative things about women.”
Police caught Rockefeller Saturday following a tip from Obsidian employees. Thomas Lee, Boston Police Superintendent said, “The way he operates, I’m sure he would have started a new life in high-society circles, and probably become an upstanding Baltimore citizen.”
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