'Who have we buried?' Man shocks family by walking through door two months after funeral

A man thought to be dead has walked through the door of his family home two months after his funeral.

Aigali Supugaliev, 63, was reported missing from his village of Tomarly in Kazakhstan on July 9.

Two months later a DNA test on a decomposed corpse discovered close to his home found a 99.92 per cent likelihood that this was Mr Supugaliev – the maximum probability such a test can give. Finger nail clippings were reportedly used to identify him.

A death certificate was issued and his brother Esengali organised a funeral. The family also held a wake.

He was buried in a Muslim ceremony.

However, two months later Mr Supugaliev arrived at his family home.

The 63-year-old explained that he had been offered a job working on a distant farm and had decided to take the four-month post, not thinking to inform his relatives.

“When Aigali came home alive and healthy, my daughter Saule, seeing her ‘dead’ uncle, almost collapsed with a heart attack,” Esengali said.

“The DNA analysis had confirmed this was my brother.”

Esengali said the family had believed the DNA results and conducted the funeral and memorial rites for the man they thought was his brother.

“Who have we buried? Maybe his relatives are looking for this person,” he said.

Mr Supugaliev’s sister-in-law Aiman said the family are “going to prosecute the experts who gave such a DNA result”.

The scientist who carried out the test Akmaral Zhubatyrova said it’s “impossible” to completely identify a dead person based on the results of a DNA examination.

“We should not forget about the remaining 0.08 per cent,” he said.

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