The answer finally came on Wednesday when police revealed that Latulip was alive and well, living just 80 miles away from where he disappeared.
Now 50, he had a sudden flash on memory in January and told a social worker who he was.
A DNA test confirmed the discovery last week.
Mrs Wilson told CTV News she had not yet spoken to her son but was overwhelmed to know he was alive.
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Waterloo regional police believe Latulip suffered some sort of head injury which caused him to lose his memory.
Detective Duane Gingerich told CTV News: "It’s the only case, that I know of, where we’ve been able to find someone who has been missing for this period of time."
