Ademir Jorge Goncalves showed up at his own funeral on Monday, after relatives incorrectly assumed that a disfigured body found in a car crash in Parana, southern Brazil, was his. Goncalves — a 59-year old bricklayer — had actually been out drinking cachaca with friends at a truck stop. Link
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