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The Chaplain Who Forged a Badge | Loved by the Dying, Exposed by Snow

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The Chaplain Who Forged a Badge - Loved by the Dying, Exposed by Snow

Cold snowlit discovery: a laminated badge with a fake ordination and registration number was found face-up in a hospice parking lot at 4:15 a.m., but the woman pictured had been quietly serving dying patients for eleven years. How did a fabricated credential, made for about $12-$18, let someone slip into the most intimate moments of care - and what finally unravels when suspicion meets evidence?

In this episode, we tell the story of the badge found by a snowplow driver and the decade-long work life that followed, describing how credentials, coworker doubts, and small administrative gaps shaped a case that raises difficult questions about trust in care settings. What happens when a person becomes exactly who they claimed to be - and also someone else entirely?

Date: December 9, 2019
Person: Emily Zimmerman
Location: Harmon Ridge, Stearns County, Minnesota
Credential number: NFCPE-2004-7731
Found by: Charles Dalton, contract snowplow driver

- The badge was found at 4:15 a.m. on December 9, 2019, in the east-wing parking lot of Harmon Ridge.
- The laminated ID bore a holographic strip and a registration number printed as NFCPE-2004-7731.
- Emily Zimmerman had worked inside Harmon Ridge for eleven years and led the Thursday Reflection Circle with a waiting list.
- The fabricated badge reportedly cost between $12 and $18 to produce using a scrapbook holographic strip and an online template.
- coworker Crystal Ward observed discrepancies over four years before reporting suspicions, noting fluent pastoral vocabulary but missing deeper theological frameworks.

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