PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Doctors are looking into the mystery of a Florida man who awoke speaking only Swedish, with no memory of his past, after he was found unconscious four months ago at a Southern California motel.
Michael Boatwright woke up with amnesia, calling himself Johan Ek, The Desert Sun reported.
Boatwright, 61, was found unconscious in a Motel 6 room in Palm Springs in February. After police arrived, he was transported to the Desert Regional Medical Center, where he woke up.
Hospital officials said Boatwright may have been in town for a tennis tournament in the Coachella Valley. He was found with a duffel bag of exercise clothes, a backpack, and tennis rackets. He also carried four forms of identification — a passport, a California identification card, a veteran’s medical card, and a Social Security card — all of which identified him as Michael Thomas Boatwright.
In March, doctors diagnosed Boatwright with Transient Global Amnesia, a condition triggered by trauma.
Swedish records show Boatwright lived in the country between 1981 and 2003.