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October 15, 2007
A mean trick
One of my stranger fantasies involves faking my own death to see what everybody would say about me when I'm gone. Of course, I'm not stupid enough to actually try it, nor do I think my mom would do that either. Luckily for me, somebody else tried it, and got arrested for her trouble:
A Western Illinois woman was charged with disorderly conduct after Madison County prosecutors said she falsely claimed her teenage son had been killed in a car accident and staged a memorial service in his honor.
Meredith Sharp, 35, of Bethalto, was arrested Friday after the boy's guardian in North Dakota alerted authorities to the ruse.
Prosecutors said Sharp was embarrassed to admit that her sister, who lives in Williston, N.D., was awarded legal custody.
She allegedly arranged for an obituary in local newspapers and worked with a local funeral home to hold a memorial service several days later.
entry no. 982
Posted by oz115 at October 15, 2007 01:13 PM