A lot of people fake their own deaths. some people do it for the money , some people do it because they get bored of their lives, some people do it to make a new beginning or as frequently seen in the movies to get away from law.
The question is; Is it against the law to fake your own death?
On Wednesday ;Raymond Roth, a 47-year-old man living in Massapequa, N.Y., was arrested on suspicion that he faked his own drowning at a New York beach in order to collect more than $400,000 in life insurance LiveScience.com reported
Roth was charged with insurance fraud, conspiracy and filing a false report.
But what if he hadn’t been doing it for the money? It would be still considered as a crime?
The answer is no.
“I am unaware of any federal statute that would apply to an individual who fakes their own death,” FBI spokesman Bill Carter told Life’s Little Mysteries.
In fact, according to missing person search-and-rescue expert Jeff Hasse, president of the Minnesota-based company Midwest Technical Rescue Training Associates, the right to disappear often causes conflicts between families of missing persons and law-enforcement agencies.
Families think police investigators should do more to search for their missing loved one. “Law enforcement’s response is, ‘He’s an adult. He can go missing if he wants to,'” Hasse told Life’s Little Mysteries. If there’s no evidence of foul play involved, sheriffs may not pursue a missing adult.
