A mystery that began on an Italian beach stretches all the way to central Kansas, and the City of Hays is hoping someone named Rebecca can help finish the story. City officials said this week that they were recently contacted by an Italian resident about a story that sparked a wave of curiosity across Italy.
A handwritten letter was found on the shores of the island of Elba off the coast of Tuscany. It was dated July 1997, penned by someone named Rebecca and addressed to a friend identified only as MG, according to Italian news website TGCom24.