A Grand Rapids man found a decades-old letter in his mailbox Thursday that had been sent to the address well before he lived there.
24 Hour News 8 helped Evan Koons track down the woman who sent the letter to her family while backpacking through Europe in 1974.
It's unclear why the letter took nearly 45 years to arrive at its destination, but by the time it was delivered to the Union Street SE home, Koons was the homeowner.
The envelope is clearly aged and has unexplained stains. It was delivered in a plastic bag bearing an apology from the U.S. Postal Service.
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