Cant delete contact from phone

I just updated to ios6 on my iphone 4.  After the download, I have multiple same name contacts.  The problem is that I can't delete them on the phone.  it's only the phone that has the multiple contact. There are no multiple contacts on my Mac addressbook or iCloud addressbook.  I have done a restore and this did nothing to change the issue.
Thanks for the help.

Unfortunately, the only way you can delete cached numbers from the Messaging app is by restoring the phone as new. However, there is a work around. Create a contact with a name composed of a combination of letters you would never type (e.g. zxzxzxzxz) and assign the offending number to that contact. It shouldn't show up when you type the real person's name.

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