Karl Hackett
Karl Hackett used an alias to report himself missing, presumed dead, in the Paddington rail disaster (London). Hackett was a convicted sex offender but had been out of jail for 10 years. and wanted to lose his past. A month after the disaster police realised that the deceased and the man reporting the deceased were the same person.
Hackett was given a 5 month suspended sentence for wasting police time. http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/feb/15/ladbrokegrove.transport
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/642604.stm
Pseudocides where people used disasters to disappear: Steven Chin Leung, Dorothy Johnson, Kankanit Angkanind
Pseudocides involving people seeking to escape sex offence prosecution / conviction: Father Christopher Clonan, Larry James Tate Jr
Pseudocides where 'deceased' has reported his own death: Shafkat Munir, William Grothe
Hackett was given a 5 month suspended sentence for wasting police time. http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/feb/15/ladbrokegrove.transport
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/642604.stm
Pseudocides where people used disasters to disappear: Steven Chin Leung, Dorothy Johnson, Kankanit Angkanind
Pseudocides involving people seeking to escape sex offence prosecution / conviction: Father Christopher Clonan, Larry James Tate Jr
Pseudocides where 'deceased' has reported his own death: Shafkat Munir, William Grothe