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Man who stole a coworker’s identity for 30 years had his victim jailed

Ellsworth Toohey
May 13, 2026
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Matthew Keirans met William Woods at a hotdog cart in the late 1980s, stole his identity, and lived as him for roughly three decades — pulling a six-figure salary as a hospital IT administrator, getting married (his wife didn’t know his real name), and having a child who bore Woods’s surname. When Keirans stole cars, warrants wer…

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