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Runner Finds a Refugee's Life - She Never Existed: The Jean Tillman Case

A retired postal supervisor finds a refugee dossier hidden under a park bench, a folder that led to a fabricated life spanning continents and humanitarian credentials - how could a woman invented from maps and staged photos run resettlement services for nine years? What single geography question and a four-second pause unraveled everything?

In this episode, we follow the discovery, the papers, and the months of verification that exposed inconsistencies in Jean Tillman's background, tracing how routine audits and one compliance call raised the question: how was she able to help real refugees while living a constructed past?

Person: Jean Tillman
Date: November 7, 2019
Location: Riverside Memorial Park, Crestview route
Investigator: Brenda Porter
Auditor: Patricia Osei

- The folder was found at approximately 6:15 AM under a bench on November 7, 2019.
- George Dalton kept the folder for eleven days before calling the number on the cover sheet.
- Within three hours of Brenda Porter opening the folder she suspected something was wrong; within fifteen days she "knew almost everything."
- Jean Tillman worked for the Midwest Resettlement Collaborative for nine years after applying in fall 2010.
- Patricia Osei ran a routine audit in 2016 and could not verify the Brussels institution Jean listed in her file.

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