Fortunately, two of the most significant cases—those of James Leininger and Jenny Cockell—have been followed up by the research community. James Leininger recalled being a U.S. Navy fighter pilot downed near Iwo Jima during World War II. His case was solved and reported by his parents (Leininger & Leininger, with Gross, 2009), then investigated and documented by Jim Tucker (2013, 2016). Jenny Cockell (1994) wrote about her successful efforts to verify her memories of having been Mary Sutton, an Irish woman who died of an illness, leaving several young children behind. Mary Rose Barrington
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