When did you first think of trying to fake your own death?
August 28, 2009 2:16 PM   Subscribe

The Jaycee Lee Dugard story [previously] was a terrible reminder of the horrors of kidnapping. However, sometimes people vanish because they want to. Evan Ratliff [also previously] has a long, interesting, and moving interview with Matt Sheppard, a man who also disappeared by his own accord:
Whenever I went into this, it was mainly about look, I just want to take off and move on, start off as a new individual in a different town, a different place, and build on it. That’s what I did.
posted by patr1ck (6 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Go ahead and add this as a supplement to the previous thread if it's not already there. -- cortex



 
The main link is also a dupe.
posted by DU at 2:31 PM on August 28, 2009


But apart from that...
posted by Abiezer at 2:32 PM on August 28, 2009


Huh? Where's the original? I searched and didn't find it.

Let's try again...
First previous.
Second previous.
posted by patr1ck at 2:43 PM on August 28, 2009


I'd suggest having the post removed and give it another shot tomorrow.

1. Put your main link/point as the first link
2. clean it up
posted by edgeways at 2:48 PM on August 28, 2009


Balls. Throw me to the lions. What I deserve for posting from work.
posted by patr1ck at 2:54 PM on August 28, 2009


i think this could be very interesting with more than just one story - figures about teenagers who run away and aren't "kidnapped" even if the faces pasted to the walmart wall give the wrong impressions - custodial battles where the child ends up with the parent that is better geared to raise them. more people who disappear or live nomadic lives...

as it is, seems pretty thin.
posted by nadawi at 3:01 PM on August 28, 2009


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