William Woods tells The Times he's considering suing the city of L.A. for his years behind bars and in a psychiatric hospital, accused of stealing his own identity.

Matthew David Keirans, 58, stole hot dog vendor William Donald Woods’ identity in the late 1980s while the pair worked together in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

William Woods spent 428 days in jail and 147 days in a psychiatric hospital for a crime he didn't commit. ... Keirans admitted in a plea agreement to stealing Woods' identity in 1988, ...

William Woods was homeless and living in Los Angeles when he learned that someone was racking up debt using his name. But when he reported his concerns to the branch manager of a bank, he wound up ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — William Woods was homeless and living in Los Angeles when he learned that someone was racking up debt using his name. But when he reported his concerns to the branch manager ...

But over the next two years, Keirans, who left New Mexico a short time later, fully assimilated Woods' identity, calling himself William — sometimes Bill — Woods. In 1990, ...

Freed, Woods began a crusade to regain his identity, filing a string of reports. When he reached out to the University of Iowa Hospital, where Keirans was earning more than $100,000 a year ...

William Woods, who had his identity stolen by a Hartford, Wisconsin, man 36 years ago and was institutionalized for nearly two years after pleading his case that authorities had the wrong guy, is ...

William Woods was homeless and living in Los Angeles when he learned that someone was racking up debt using his name. Skip to content Menu Today's paper. ... accused of identity theft himself.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) - William Woods was homeless and living in Los Angeles when he learned that someone was racking up debt using his name. But when he reported his concerns to the branch ...