Oregon man using identity of murdered Ohio boy turns out to be Bulgarian

Mystery solved: Ore. man with Ohio ID is Bulgarian

PORTLAND, Ore. — The mystery over the real identity of an Oregon man calling himself Jason Robert Evers has been solved — he was born in Bulgaria, not Ohio.

A family that hosted Doitchin Krasev in Virginia told The Associated Press Saturday they were shocked to find out he had been living under an assumed name.

Michael Horowitz says Krasev’s parents wanted a better life for their son. So they sent him to live with Horowitz and his wife.

But after two years, Krasev dropped out of college and disappeared without contacting his host family or his parents in Bulgaria.

He assumed a name belonging to an Ohio boy killed during a kidnapping in 1982. He was arrested last month and faces a charge of providing false information on a passport application.