August 12, 2008 Rockefeller recalls time in California, missing couple Play video

(John Moroney, NECN) - Police in Los Angeles think they've nailed down Clark Rockefeller's real name and nationality. Officers are also investigating his possible link to a couple's unsolved disappearance in the L.A. area.

Clark Rockefeller's memory seems to be coming back.His attorney says his client does recall living in California and the name Christopher Chichester which he used while trying to become an actor.

Homicide detectives "are confident that Rockefeller is Christian Gerhartsreiter and the person named Christopher Chichester who was living in the Los Angeles area in 1985," spokesman Steve Whitmore said.

Gerhartsreiter has been identified as a "person of interest" in the 1985 disappearances of Jonathan and Linda Sohus. Under the Chichester name, Gerhartsreiter rented a guest house at the couple's home in San Marino, a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

Investigators were able to confirm Gerhartsreiter's identity after interviews with people who knew him in California in the 1980s, Whitmore said.

Material from the Associated Press is included in this report.