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Joe Kovac Jr.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Macon bureau chief, covering Middle Georgia 🗞️ Bylines: AJC.com, WashingtonPost.com, AtlantaMagazine.com, Macon.com 📧: [email protected]
The phone had gone unclaimed for more than a year. Winthers got permission to take it back to the states — to try and turn it on and find its owner.

Here’s what happened when he did:
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Long-lost iPhone connects grieving family to their daughter, a fallen soldier
A soldier's quest to find the owner of lost-and-found iPhone in Jordan led him to dial "Mama Bear," a call that allowed the Sanders family to "see" their late daughter again
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May 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The phone was stashed in the closet of a back room in what amounted to a lost-and-found locker at a remote U.S. military outpost in the Jordanian desert. …
May 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM