Bizarre Case of Mistaken Identity

The News-Sentinel:

A family who sat by their comatose daughter's bedside for weeks after an April 26 crash killed four Taylor University students and an employee learned the woman was not their daughter, but instead another student who was in the van when it was struck by a semitrailer.

The family of student Laura VanRyn, 22, issued a statement on a Web log dedicated to updates on the young woman'’s recovery....

VanRyn, of Caledonia, Mich., and Cerak, 18, of Gaylord, Mich., bore an "uncanny resemblance" to each other... [pictures here]

The family said that as the woman they believed to be Laura began regaining consciousness, she said things that made them question her identity....