 In July 2016, a man named Pel from Vietnam's Gia Lai province traveled to the village claiming the woman was his missing daughter named Tak.He claimed that she had disappeared in 2006 at age 23, following a mental breakdown, indicating that she had survived in the jungle for approximately one year as opposed to the 18–19 previously thought.Pel was able to identify a spot on her lip, the scar on her wrist, and an ear condition, in addition to bringing nine relatives and documentation about Tak's birth details and disappearance to support his claim.