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be made to the high court; before
November 1, 2019, the general position was that a person needed to be missing for at least 7 years before a person could be treated as dead in the eyes of the law, but exceptionally may be earlier if there is strong implication from the circumstances the person is dead. This meant that their next of kin were denied any bereavement-related entitlements under any pension, life insurance or social welfare scheme. Since November 1, 2019, when the Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Act 2019, commenced, a court can make a "presumption of death order" if it is satisfied that the circumstances suggest that the missing person's death is either virtually certain, or highly probable. If such an order is made and not successfully appealed, it has the same status as a death certificate.
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annulled. The legal consequence of revoking declaratory judgment is essentially about restoration, i.e. the return of property and restoration of marriage. Chinese law restores marriage between the returned absentee and his or her spouse, providing that the spouse has not remarried or declared unwillingness of restoring marriage. This is quite unusual among the legal regimes around the world.
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than seven years where death was probable, but not definitive (such as an unrecovered plane crash at sea), following an inquest (see below). Such an application was specific to the court where it was made â thus separate applications had to be made at a coroner's inquest, for proceedings under the
Matrimonial Causes and Civil Partnership Acts (for remarriage), for
1016:. Although people presumed dead sometimes turn up alive, it is not as common as it used to be. In one case where this occurred, a man named John Burney disappeared in 1976 while having financial problems, and later reappeared in December 1982. His company and wife had already received the death benefitsâso, on returning, the
1615:, African-American child known for being the subject of a 2014 image of him embracing a police officer. Vanished on March 26, 2018; he was believed to have been murdered by his abusive adoptive mothers in an intentional car plunge, and his body swept out to sea. He was legally declared dead on April 3, 2019.
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if it is overwhelmingly likely that the person would have been a victim of an air or sea disaster or any other "exceptional circumstances", the period of time of the disappearance is reduced to 6 months, however if the vessel is presumably lost, the time is counted from one year after what would have
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jurisdictions) after which an individual is presumed dead if there is no evidence to the contrary. However, if the missing individual is the owner of a significant estate, the court may delay ordering the issuing of a death certificate if there has been no real effort to locate the missing person. If
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Otherwise, courts could have granted leave to applicants to swear that a person was dead (within or after the seven-year period). For example, an executor may have made such an application so they could have been granted probate for the will. This kind of application would only have been made sooner
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If such decision was a mistake and the person later returns, the decision is nullified and the person becomes eligible to request most of his assets back. However, if the husband or wife of such person married again, the marriage will not be restored. His funds and securities, taken under bona fide
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If there is strong evidence a missing person is dead the coroner may request an inquest under
Section 23 of the Coroners Act 1962. If the Minister for Justice grants the inquest then the person may be declared legally dead if that is the outcome of the inquest. As an alternative an application may
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In the event of contradictory applications for declaration, meaning that both an application for a declaration of death and an application for a declaration of absence of the same natural person are filed by the interested parties with a people's court, the people's court shall declare the death of
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Chinese law specifically talks about the return of the absentee. The validity of the previous declaratory judgment of death is not imperiled by the sheer fact of return. The absentee or interested party (or parties) must apply for the revocation of the said declaratory judgment, then it can be
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Where a natural person has disappeared for two years, an interested party may apply to a people's court for a declaration of absence of the natural person. The period of disappearance of a natural person shall be counted from the day when a person is not heard from, until the day the individual is
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to declare a person presumed dead. This declaration is conclusive and cannot be appealed. It is recorded on a new
Register of Presumed Deaths, and has the same effect as a registration of death. Death is taken to occur on (a) the last day that they could have been alive (if the court is satisfied
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Some states require those who receive the missing person's assets to return them if the person turned out to be alive. If a person is declared dead when only missing, their estate is distributed as if they were dead. In some cases, the presumption of death can be rebutted. According to
Sentell,
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If there is not sufficient evidence that death has taken place, a legal declaration of such may take longer, as simple absence does not necessarily prove death. The requirements for declaring an individual legally dead may vary depending on numerous details including the following:
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England and Wales is considered low â in September 2011, it was estimated that only 1% of the 200,000 missing persons each year remained unaccounted for after 12 months, with a cumulative total of 5,500 missing persons by September 2011.
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A legal date of death is considered to be the date when the court decision declaring person dead was made. If a person disappeared under life-threatening circumstances, the day of his or her actual disappearance may also be considered the legal date of death.
1008:. In these cases courts generally assume the person was killed, even though the usual waiting time to declare someone dead has not elapsed. Sentell also says, "The element of peril accelerates the presumption of death." This rule was invoked after the
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for an extended period and in the absence of any evidence that person is still aliveâor after a shorter period, but where the circumstances surrounding a person's disappearance overwhelmingly support the belief that the person is dead (e.g., an
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Where a person has disappeared from an accident, and it is impossible for the person to survive the accident as certified by the relevant authority, an application for a declaration of death of the person is not subject to the two-year period.
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Declaration of presumed death is stipulated in articles 29â32 of the Polish Civil Code and pronounced as a court judgment. In general, a period of 10 years is required to pass for a legal declaration to be made, with the following exceptions:
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Chinese law treats declaratory judgment of death and disappearance differently. Relevant provisions can be found in Section 3 ("Declaration of Disappearance and Declaration of Death"), Chapter 2 ("Natural Persons") of the
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when a major corruption scandal arose in 1993, into stealing all the money that RoldĂĄn had previously stolen in that case. He appeared in 2004. During these years, he opened an offshore company, later exposed in the
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A court's declaration of death comes into effect retroactively and is subject to legal consequences from before the date of the declaration, going back to the assumed date of death, as declared by the court.
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limitations to these procedures: The presumption must arise only after a reasonable amount of time has elapsed. The absent person must be notified. Courts permit notifying claimants by publication. Adequate
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Presumption of death is governed by sections 107 and 108 of the
Evidence Act, which allows for presumption of death for a person missing for 7 years to be raised in appropriate proceedings before the court.
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files a report. This may be done to help a family receive a death certificate that may bring some closure. An inquest strives to bring any suspicious circumstances to light. The coroner then applies to the
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recovered or located. If a person disappears during a war, the period of disappearance shall be counted from the day when the war ends or from the date of absence as confirmed by the relevant authority.
896:(c. 27). If a person lived in Scotland on the date they were last known to be alive, authorities can use this act to declare the person legally dead after the standard period of seven years.
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if a person is reported missing under other life-threatening circumstances than the above, the time period becomes one year since the conclusion of the life-threatening incident.
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780:(Lord Lucan), who was last seen alive in 1974 (although there have been numerous alleged sightings since that time), and whose death certificate was issued in February 2016.
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after an animal sale in 1910. Two men were accused of murdering him to steal the money and sentenced to 18 years in prison in 1918, but
Grimaldos was found alive in 1926.
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If the person disappeared under life-threatening circumstances, which made it likely that he or she died from an accident, that person can be assumed dead after 6 months
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It takes ten years to declare a missing person dead. After ten years from someone's disappearance, a motion to declare the person legally dead can be filed in court.
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An Act for Redresse of Inconveniencies by want of Proofe of the Deceases of Persons beyond the Seas or absenting themselves, upon whose Lives Estates doe depend.
160:). The presumption becomes certainty if the person has not been located for a period of time that has exceeded their probable life span, such as in the case of
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1701:, former soldier of the Japanese Imperial Army, declared dead in 2000 yet presented himself as alive and living in Ukraine to the Japanese government in 2006.
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1503:, American foster care child, disappeared while under the care of a foster parent appointed by the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF).
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Where a natural person falls under any of the following circumstances, an interested party may apply to a people's court for a declaration of death:
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A person can be declared legally dead after they are exposed to "imminent peril" and fail to returnâas in a plane crash, as portrayed in the movie
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1399:, disappeared on July 28, 1980, several months after accidentally killing Gotti's 12-year-old son Frank. Favara was legally declared dead in 1983.
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There must have been no communication from the party with those people most likely to hear from them during the period the person has been missing
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Seafaring, ship's sinking: 6 months after sinking or other event causing the disappearance, for example: gone overboard (maritime disappearance)
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occurs when a person is believed to be dead, despite the absence of direct proof of the person's death, such as the finding of remains (e.g., a
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A military or civil person, who disappeared during a military conflict, can be declared dead no earlier than 2 years after the conflict is over
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1631:, German singer and entertainer. Disappeared from a cruise ship in the North Atlantic on 9 September 2018, declared dead on 10 March 2021.
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was believed to have committed suicide in his prison cell, but was found alive and it was later revealed that he had escaped from prison.
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in 1989 following a cargo door detachment; their bodies were lost in the Pacific Ocean, with at least one being sucked into engine no. 3.
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1233:, businessman, suspected to have committed suicide in 1969 by jumping overboard from his boat. The boat was later found adrift and empty.
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was passed to simplify this process. The new act, which is based on the Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1977, allows applying to the
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Their absence must have been continuous and inexplicable (e.g. the person did not say they had found a new job and were moving far away)
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1251:. Their remains have never been found. The current consensus is that they were held captive for over a year before they were killed by
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An Act to make fresh provision in the law of Scotland in relation to the presumed death of missing persons; and for connected purposes.
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rule. Some states have amended their statutes to reduce the seven-year period to five consecutive years missing, and some, such as
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the minimum time period is reduced to 5 years if the person would have turned at least 70 years old at the time of the declaration;
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that they are dead), or (b) the day seven years after the date they were last seen (if death is presumed by the elapse of time).
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or in a location without a centralized and reliable police force or vital statistics registration system, other laws may apply.
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in the absence of a physician's certification that an identified individual has died is usually necessary. However, if there is
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This was a rebuttable presumption at common law â if the person subsequently appeared, the law no longer considered them dead.
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The party normally must have been missing from their home or usual residence for an extended period, most commonly seven years
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or skeleton) attributable to that person. Such a presumption is typically made by an individual when a person has been
952:), stated that as of 1990, the number of such cases in the United States was estimated at between 60,000 and 100,000.
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1417:, an estate agent, disappeared in London in 1986 while showing a house to a Mr Kipper; her body has never been found.
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to have them declared legally dead. They must prove by the criteria above that the person is in fact dead. There are
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House of Commons Justice Committee, Presumption of Death, Twelfth Report of Session 2010â12 Report, February 7, 2012
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1579:'s 12 crew and 227 passengers, as the airliner was presumed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean in 2014.
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1134:, American college student who disappeared while walking on Vermont's Long Trail hiking route, December 1, 1946.
768:, under the Coroners Act 1988 section 15, for an inquest with no body. The seven years rule only applies in the
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1667:, French astronomer, declared dead in the 1760s after being lost at sea for 11 years. He actually died in 1792.
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1763:, aviation/sailing adventurer, died in a plane crash in 2007, declared dead before remains were found in 2008.
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no one can be declared dead prior to the end of the year in which they turn, or would turn, 23 years of age;
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2079:"The rights of the living dead: absent persons in the civil law". Jeanne Carriere, 50 La. L. Rev. 901, 1990
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1477:, wealthy zookeeper who disappeared in 1997 and later hypothesized to have been fed to tigers by his wife,
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1549:, computer science researcher, disappeared solo sailing near San Francisco in 2007, declared dead in 2012.
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An Act to make provision in relation to the presumed death of missing persons; and for connected purposes.
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of Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company, almost all states recognize the presumption of death, by
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There must have been a diligent but unsuccessful search for the person and/or diligent but unsuccessful
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1625:. Disappeared while ski mountaineering in the Swiss Alps on 7 April 2008, declared dead on 14 May 2021.
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1687:, disappeared on a fishing trip in 1957 and was declared dead in 1960. In 1965 he was found living in
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company sued him, his wife, and his company. In the end, the court ruled Burney's actions fraudulent.
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unless there is a reason for the federal government to have jurisdiction (e.g. military personnel
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2444:"Julian Sands' Son Says He's 'Realistic' About Search for Actor 3 Months After His Disappearance"
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1609:'s reactor 4 on the night of the disaster, believed to have been killed in the initial explosion.
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1128:, jazz musician/bandleader, whose plane disappeared over the English Channel, December 15, 1944.
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1533:, district attorney of Centre County, Pennsylvania, disappeared in 2005, declared dead in 2011.
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2316:"Where is Devonte Hart? Boy in Viral Photo Was in Fatal Cliff Crash, But Body Remains Missing"
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on a walk in rural Malaysia in 1967. Declared dead in 1974 after multiple extensive searches.
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on May 30, 2005, and was legally declared dead on January 12, 2012. No remains were found.
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in 1988 when the plane's roof tore off mid-flight; her body was lost in the Pacific Ocean.
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concerning property provisions must be made in the case that an absent person shows up.
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the person if the conditions for a declaration of death as set out in this Law are met.
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1122:, French aviator and author, disappeared July 31, 1944. Plane found in the sea in 2000.
1098:, New York City judge, disappeared on the way to a play in 1930, declared dead in 1939.
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been the scheduled day of arrival, or from two years after its last known whereabouts;
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that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the individual is deceased on the
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on May 25, 1979; declared dead in 2001. In May 2012, a man named Pedro Hernandez was
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These processes were not considered satisfactory, and so in FebruaryâMarch 2013, the
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2476:"Actor Julian Sands confirmed dead after going missing on winter hike in California"
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in early 1945 and disappeared. He was pronounced dead on October 31, 2016, by the
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2197:"Missing Manic Street Preacher Richey Edwards declared legally dead, 13 years on"
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over radio while flying a light aircraft in 1978. No wreckage or body was found.
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Professor Jeanne Carriere, in "The Rights of the Living Dead: Absent Persons in
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victims, may be located years after their disappearance. Some people have even
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as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from
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as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from
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as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from
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player, presumably fell (or jumped) from boat sailing from New York City to
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In Scotland, legal aspects of the presumption of death are outlined in the
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1291:, disappeared in 1974 after his nanny was murdered. Declared dead in 2016.
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courts will consider evidence that the absent person was a fugitive from
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The Spy Who Loved Us: The Vietnam War and Pham Xuan An's Dangerous Game
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1271:, Puerto Rican baseball player who disappeared after a plane crash off
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1247:. On April 6, 1970, Flynn and Stone disappeared while on assignment in
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1078:, publisher, author, disappeared during the Mexican Revolution in 1913.
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1725:. In 1998 he faked a fatal cardiac arrest in Thailand, after tricking
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Derailed in Uncle Ho's Victory Garden: Return to Vietnam and Cambodia
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based on a confession to police, despite a lack of physical evidence.
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1281:, lawyer and author, disappeared in Mexico in 1974. Friend of author
1265:, American politicians, whose airplane disappeared in Alaska in 1972.
1104:, pioneer, aviator, disappeared during a transoceanic flight in 1937.
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General Provisions of the Civil Law of the People's Republic of China
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2254:"Maruquis Cooper's wife files for a presumptive death certificate"
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The natural person has disappeared for two years from an accident.
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2272:"Sweden declares Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg officially dead"
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on the settlement of an estate. According to a spokesman for the
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within days of the tragedy. The same is usually true of soldiers
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1223:, American fashion designer and entrepreneur based in Thailand,
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According to Edgar Sentell, a retired senior vice-president and
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1147:, disappeared April 1951 and declared dead on October 30, 1961.
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in 1660. Three of his servants were accused of his murder and
1599:, Iranian military attaché abducted and disappeared in Lebanon
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in 2002; believed to have been murdered by his brother at sea.
1509:, a New York City physician last seen on the night before the
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The people most likely to have heard from them had no contact.
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Most countries have a set period of time (seven years in many
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1791:. His remains were found and confirmed dead on June 27, 2023.
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Two of the Missing: Remembering Sean Flynn & Dana Stone
1787:, actor. Went missing on January 13, 2023, while hiking in
1778:
1621:, German-American entrepreneur, director and part owner of
1471:, plane crash at sea on May 21, 1995, but body never found.
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generally assumed a person was dead if, after seven years:
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Plane crash: 3 months after crash (airflight disappearance)
2115:"What happens when someone 'legally dead' shows up alive?"
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139:, who disappeared in 1975 and was presumed dead in 1982.
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1303:, basketball player, disappeared while sailing in 1977.
1072:, English explorer, left adrift after a mutiny in 1611.
1919:"Missing person's death date is day court declares so"
2417:"Keluarga Ridwan Kamil Nyatakan Eril Meninggal Dunia"
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1325:, abducted while on his way to a school bus stop in
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1854:Bray, Samuel L. (2010). "Preventive Adjudication".
1309:, basketball player, disappeared in Uganda in 1978.
978:If someone disappears, those interested can file a
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308:The natural person has disappeared for four years;
616:There was no evidence that they were still alive.
16:Declaring person legally dead absent direct proof
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1110:, Italian physicist, disappeared at sea in 1938.
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1275:on December 31, 1972. His body was never found.
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1691:, as "Fritz" Johnson, probably suffering from
458:circumstances, also cannot be requested back.
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622:Inquiries made of that person had no success.
221:arrived at New York City. More recently, the
2341:"Gericht erklĂ€rt Ex-Tengelmann-Chef fĂŒr tot"
1513:, in which she was later ruled to have died.
275:the death is thought to have taken place in
251:How the individual is thought to have died (
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1297:, trade union leader, disappeared in 1975.
915:People who disappear are typically called
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2042:"When is a missing person declared dead?"
1411:, Italian economist, disappeared in 1986.
1064:Category:People declared dead in absentia
1054:to avoid paying taxes, debts, and so on.
975:, have reduced the period to four years.
727:Text of the Presumption of Death Act 2013
120:Learn how and when to remove this message
2161:Accessed via Google Books June 21, 2009.
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1273:Luis Muñoz MarĂn International Airport
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187:directing the registration to issue a
2869:List of ways people dishonor the dead
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1729:, known for being the general of the
1185:, disappeared while canoeing in 1961.
634:, and under the Social Security Act.
589:Text of statute as originally enacted
2177:, p. 171 (Scribner: August 2, 1999)
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1511:September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
1481:, made famous by the Netflix series
1012:, so that authorities could release
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2069:. Government of the United Kingdom.
2017:"Presumption of death act welcomed"
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453:Personal obligations are terminated
183:In most jurisdictions, obtaining a
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2874:List of ways people honor the dead
1673:, Spanish shepherd disappeared in
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420:They have been missing for 5 years
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1427:Nine passengers ejected from
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649:Presumption of Death Act 2013
638:Presumption of Death Act 2013
575:Statute Law Revision Act 1948
571:Statute Law Revision Act 1888
567:Statute Law Revision Act 1863
2839:Expressions related to death
2792:Medical declaration of death
2056:. BBC News, February 3, 2016
1947:. Citizens Information Board
1577:Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
1387:eruption of Mount St. Helens
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210:who were not rescued by the
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2044:BBC News, December 5, 2007
1671:JosĂ© MarĂa Grimaldos LĂłpez
1467:, businessman, founder of
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1803:Cestui que vie Act 1540
1603:Valery Ilych Khodemchuk
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483:Cestui que Vie Act 1666
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3739:Fascination with death
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1459:Manic Street Preachers
1457:, guitarist/lyricist,
1161:, as portrayed in the
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2566:Liquefactive necrosis
2003:The National Archives
1681:Lawrence Joseph Bader
1086:Major League Baseball
770:High Court of Justice
501:Parliament of England
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2854:Premature obituaries
2561:Coagulative necrosis
2129:Young, Perry Deane.
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1821:Forced disappearance
1767:Emmeril Kahn Mumtadz
1151:David Kenyon Webster
950:Louisiana Law Review
948:" (published in the
414:Civil Code of Russia
277:international waters
227:September 11 attacks
173:declaratory judgment
145:presumption of death
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3794:Philosophy of death
3659:Death from laughter
2959:Perinatal mortality
2700:Mitotic catastrophe
2680:Ischemic cell death
2623:Intrinsic apoptosis
2571:Gangrenous necrosis
2480:Yahoo Entertainment
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1731:Spanish Civil Guard
1665:Guillaume Le Gentil
1313:Frederick Valentich
1175:Michael Rockefeller
1114:Richard Halliburton
1096:Joseph Force Crater
774:Ministry of Justice
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3744:Hierarchy of death
3684:Death notification
3592:Coins for the dead
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3408:Capital punishment
3362:Near-death studies
2954:Mortality salience
2586:Fibrinoid necrosis
2556:Avascular necrosis
2278:. October 31, 2016
1998:legislation.gov.uk
1923:The Times of India
1597:Ahmad Motevaselian
1591:Swedish Tax Agency
1493:, bass player for
1365:Azaria Chamberlain
1283:Hunter S. Thompson
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600:legislation.gov.uk
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2139:978-0-9816280-9-7
2118:The Straight Dope
1888:on March 16, 2017
1557:American football
1507:Sneha Anne Philip
1441:Chekannur Maulavi
1379:David A. Johnston
1142:Sicilian-American
1132:Paula Jean Welden
910:missing in action
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3714:Death threat
3597:Dark tourism
3539:Necrobiology
3481:Right to die
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3322:Resurrection
3310:Palingenesis
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3169:Coffin birth
3076:Plastination
3037:Preservation
3013:Putrefaction
3008:Rigor mortis
3003:Algor mortis
2998:Livor mortis
2975:
2931:Memento mori
2929:
2782:Lazarus sign
2762:Death rattle
2705:Suicide gene
2690:Karyorrhexis
2581:Fat necrosis
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1785:Julian Sands
1775:Ridwan Kamil
1748:Thabo Bester
1742:Natasha Ryan
1685:Toledo, Ohio
1613:Devonte Hart
1605:, worker at
1501:Rilya Wilson
1482:
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1307:John Brisker
1279:Oscar Acosta
1221:Jim Thompson
1189:Joe Gaetjens
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1159:Easy Company
1155:World War II
1126:Glenn Miller
1082:Arthur Irwin
1070:Henry Hudson
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3894:Inheritance
3831: [
3789:Necrophobia
3784:Necrophilia
3754:Immortality
3709:Death squad
3689:Death panel
3674:Death march
3669:Death knell
3649:Death drive
3622:Death deity
3566:Thanatology
3515: [
3461:Legal death
3440:in absentia
3418:Civil death
3263:Examination
3248:Crematorium
3131:Excarnation
2968:After death
2767:Dysthanasia
2733:Brain death
2665:Autoschizis
2643:Phenoptosis
2638:Parthanatos
2628:Necroptosis
2535:In medicine
2367:Der Spiegel
2343:(in German)
2282:October 31,
2027:January 19,
1862:(3): 1275.
1826:Legal death
1816:Faked death
1789:Mount Baldy
1727:Luis RoldĂĄn
1717:, agent of
1705:John Darwin
1519:, American
1491:Scott Smith
1443:, Quranist
1393:John Favara
1295:Jimmy Hoffa
1263:Nick Begich
1253:Khmer Rouge
1243:, American
1225:disappeared
1207:Harold Holt
1165:miniseries
1042:who become
610:English law
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472:Before 2013
185:court order
137:Jimmy Hoffa
3883:Categories
3759:Last rites
3729:Extinction
3699:Death pose
3694:Death poem
3664:Death hoax
3644:Death camp
3637:Psychopomp
3512:Death tech
3367:Necromancy
3345:Paranormal
3327:Underworld
3179:Dissection
3141:Resomation
3136:Promession
3114:Sky burial
3081:Prosection
3066:Maceration
2777:Euthanasia
2695:Karyolysis
2653:Pyroptosis
2633:Paraptosis
2543:Cell death
2421:Kompas.com
2320:PEOPLE.com
2227:Bay News 9
2183:0684860244
1842:References
1531:Ray Gricar
1517:Bison Dele
1484:Tiger King
1435:Teddy Wang
1397:John Gotti
1259:Hale Boggs
1241:Dana Stone
1237:Sean Flynn
1193:footballer
1191:, Haitian
1183:New Guinea
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1028:See also:
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965:common law
825:Long title
745:High Court
675:Long title
563:Amended by
509:Long title
439:Dependants
272:common law
80:newspapers
3804:Sacrifice
3799:Predation
3764:Longevity
3554:Taphonomy
3491:Trust law
3446:Death row
3231:Afterlife
3184:Gibbeting
3121:Cremation
3086:Taxidermy
3061:Embalming
2937:Micromort
2883:Mortality
2660:Autolysis
2618:Autophagy
2613:Apoptosis
2460:April 18,
2380:March 14,
2375:2195-1349
2347:March 14,
2302:Expressen
2206:March 14,
2171:Page, Tim
1951:April 11,
1929:April 11,
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1771:West Java
1709:fraudster
1607:Chernobyl
1475:Don Lewis
1323:Etan Patz
1084:, former
1005:Cast Away
969:Minnesota
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689:2013 c 13
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219:Carpathia
214:Carpathia
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3828:Thanabot
3779:Necronym
3749:Homicide
3300:Obituary
3288:Mourning
3278:Internet
3221:Cemetery
3096:Disposal
3049:Cryonics
2718:Abortion
2685:Pyknosis
2551:Necrosis
2486:June 28,
2454:Archived
2276:BBC News
2238:March 7,
2095:Archived
1796:See also
1755:Deceased
1587:Budapest
1547:Jim Gray
1495:Loverboy
1389:in 1980.
1249:Cambodia
1217:in 1967.
1203:in 1964.
1197:Papa Doc
1092:in 1921.
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980:petition
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3868:Outline
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3456:Inquest
3423:Coroner
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3283:Midwife
3268:Funeral
3243:Customs
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2915:Karoshi
2728:Autopsy
2608:Anoikis
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2401:May 13,
1892:May 26,
1868:1483859
1693:amnesia
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938:inquiry
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3505:Fields
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3382:SĂ©ance
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3332:Vigil
3273:Grief
2821:Lists
2528:Death
1641:Alive
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1541:Aruba
1373:Uluru
1371:near
1369:dingo
857:Dates
842:c. 27
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288:China
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