SALT LAKE CITY — A private investigator says he has tracked down a homeless Utah man to deliver some good news: He has inherited a lot of money.
David Lundberg said he found Max Melitzer pushing a shopping cart filled with personal possessions in a park Saturday afternoon.
Lundberg declined to disclose how much money Melitzer will be receiving but said the man’s brother, who died of cancer last year, left him a “significant” amount in his will.
“He’ll no longer be living on the street or in abandoned storage sheds,” Lundberg said. “He’ll be able to have a normal life and be able to have a home, provide for himself, and purchase clothing, food and health care.”
The story about Lundberg’s two-month search for Melitzer has been reported by the Deseret News and KSL-TV of Salt Lake City.
The investigator said he broke the news to Melitzer while they sat on a bench at Pioneer Park. “He’s still in shock. This came out of nowhere,” Lundberg said. “He’s a really mellow guy in his 60s, very sweet and more articulate than I thought for a man in his position.”
