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FelineOverlord

(3,703 posts) Sun Nov 14, 2021, 07:37 PM Nov 2021

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Lawyer: Man charged in scam missed court date because he's dead

Source: Associated Press

MILFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man charged with running a scam that cheated a woman out of more than $80,000 missed a recent court date and was supposed to be rearrested, but his attorney says that will be impossible because his client has been dead for months.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/connecticut-africa-arrests-4aeaa07b0d583b97e30f5d395e28cf80

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Lawyer: Man charged in scam missed court date because he's dead (Original Post) FelineOverlord Nov 2021 OP

Time for a writ of habeas corpus. n/t PoliticAverse Nov 2021 #1

If he was guilty, I hope the woman can collect from his estate n/t Silent3 Nov 2021 #2

details, details..... getagrip_already Nov 2021 #3

Apparently there are questions arising from his handwritten death certificate from the Congo. Shrike47 Nov 2021 #4

and it was signed "Epstein's Mother." ZonkerHarris Nov 2021 #5

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

1. Time for a writ of habeas corpus. n/t

Reply to FelineOverlord (Original post)

Sun Nov 14, 2021, 07:43 PM

Nov 2021

Silent3

(15,909 posts)

2. If he was guilty, I hope the woman can collect from his estate n/t

Reply to FelineOverlord (Original post)

Sun Nov 14, 2021, 07:46 PM

Nov 2021

getagrip_already

(16,897 posts)

3. details, details.....

Reply to FelineOverlord (Original post)

Sun Nov 14, 2021, 08:43 PM

Nov 2021

Some people get so hung up on such small points.

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)

4. Apparently there are questions arising from his handwritten death certificate from the Congo.

Reply to FelineOverlord (Original post)

Sun Nov 14, 2021, 08:54 PM

Nov 2021

He was ‘visiting relatives’ there when he died.

ZonkerHarris

(25,019 posts)

5. and it was signed "Epstein's Mother."

Reply to Shrike47 (Reply #4)

Sun Nov 14, 2021, 08:56 PM

Nov 2021

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