Deep-Voiced Man Claims to be 12-Year-Old Son of UWS Family

Police are investigating the case of a tall, deep-voiced man who insists he is the pre-teen son of an Upper West Side family. Friends and neighbors say 12-year-old Samuel Tarpley was last seen a year ago watching cartoons and wearing a loose-fitting “Lion King” t-shirt. The man who now claims to be him “wears a size 9½ shoe and talks like a longshoreman,” according to a relative. Police have not ruled out foul play and even claim that Samuel’s 9-year-old sibling Ethan “has been acting very odd.” Relatives, however, say that is not unusual.