Margaret Cooper married her husband, Alex, many years ago and enjoyed a happy life together for 35 years. Everything changed when Alex didn’t return from work one day.
After a fruitless search, Margaret decided to reclaim her maiden name, only to discover that “Alex Cooper” was a false identity.
His car was found abandoned outside the city, but there were no traces of him nearby, leading authorities to suspect he might have been swept away by a river.
A year later, while looking to change her name back, Margaret found no records of Alex in the archives, revealing that he had lived under a fake name for all those years.
The case gained attention on a Canadian channel in 1991, leading a viewer to recognize a neighbor as the man posing as Alex. His real name was Albin Arsene Arsenault, a fugitive wanted for a bank robbery in 1948.
Despite the deception, Albin returned to Margaret, and eventually, she forgave him. Their children continue to share this extraordinary story in interviews and TV shows today.
