The mystery man known as “Lucky,” who was found without identification in Amsterdam in 2023, is not a missing man from Vancouver, according to police. Vancouver police confirmed earlier this week that they were investigating whether “Lucky” could be John Russell Kenny, missing since 1994. Amsterdam police confirmed Saturday that “Lucky” and Kenny are different people. “This lead was investigated together with the Canadian police, and it has now been definitively established that Lucky and Mr. Kenny are not the same person,” said Amsterdam police spokeswoman Marijke Stor. Megan Lui confirmed the finding in an email to Global News, saying the two men’s fingerprints did not match. Meanwhile, Amsterdam police have received more than 500 tips since posting a video about Lucky a week ago, Stor said. Those tips have provided several more “specific names of people” and detectives are now investigating at least nine tips. Lui said Vancouver police are not involved in investigations into those leads. Get daily national news Get daily Canadian news delivered to your inbox so you never miss the day’s top stories. “Lucky” was found collapsed on an Amsterdam street in May 2023. He was taken to hospital, where medical professionals concluded that he had suffered a brain hemorrhage or stroke. He continues to suffer from aphasia, which affects the way people read, speak, write and understand what other people say. “We don’t really know how much he understands and we’ve tried various ways, but by communicating with him it’s not really possible to find out who he really is,” Stor said. Lucky didn’t have any personal identification when he found him. collapsed, which has hampered efforts to discover who he is. The case is classified as a “social investigation,” and Stor said police are trying to determine his identity for multiple reasons, including a connection to someone he knows. “We want to not only know who he is, but also if there are, for example, relatives who still love him and who he can contact, because right now he is in a nursing facility where, of course, they are taking good care of him,” she said. “But he spends a lot of time alone and we think it would be really good for him if… he could talk to someone he knows.” More about Canada More videos Story continues below ad The man is believed to be from Canada or the United States, and police said sources led detectives to Soep en Zo, a restaurant he occasionally went to for a drink on Waterlooplein, (Waterloo Square) in central Amsterdam. There they discovered that some were calling him “Chris the Canadian,” prompting police to ask people on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean for help last Monday in identifying the man. “People told us he always spoke with what they called an American or a Canadian accent,” Stor said. “So the theory that it could be from the United States or Canada is a theory that we think could actually be possible.” He cautioned that it doesn’t mean “Lucky” is definitely Canadian or American, but it could still be a “real possibility.” map, they’re not sure how much he really understands. People can contact Amsterdam police if they have any tips to share. © 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.