'Who have we buried?': Man walks into family home two months after funeral

  • 28/11/2018

A Kazakhstani man who was thought to be dead is indeed alive after he walked into his family home two months after his funeral.

Aigali Supugaliev, 63, was reported missing from his Tomarly village on July 9.

In September, a DNA test of a decomposed corpse found close to his found had a 99.92 percent likelihood that it was Mr Supugaliev, 7 News reports.

Fingernail clippings were used to identify the man. A death certificate was then issued, and his family held a funeral.

Now, two months after his funeral, Mr Supugaliev has arrived home.

He told his family he'd been offered a job working on a distant farm and had decided to take up the four-month long job, without thinking to inform his relatives.

"When Aigali came home alive and healthy, my daughter Saule, seeing her 'dead' uncle, almost collapsed with a heart attack," his brother Esengali said.

"Who have we buried? Maybe his relatives are looking for this person," he said.

The family plans to prosecute the DNA experts who delivered the results. Esengali warned people not to forgot about the 0.08 percent.

Newshub.