By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:44 PM on 24th June 2011 A homeless man who disappeared on his way to collect a $100,000 inheritance has finally turned up - saying the bus to New York broke down. Max Melitzer - who came into the money after his estranged brother died of cancer -  was found roaming a park in Utah by a private investigator hired by the family. He was expected in Albany bus station yesterday where his cousin Richard Goldfarb was waiting. But when he failed to appear, Mr Goldfarb began to get worried. Off the streets: Max Melitzer, left, in an old mugshot and right, shortly after he was found living homeless in Salt Lake City. He is set to inherit around $100,000
@highlight
Bus carrying him from Utah to NYC broke down
@highlight
Has been left $100,000 in will of his brother
A private investigator tracked down Mr @placeholder, 65, last week to deliver the life-altering news of the inheritance left by a brother who died of cancer.