Ohio Man Still Legally Dead Despite Reappearing

[super jumbe]

A man who turned up alive nearly 20 years after he disappeared has been told he cannot have a driving licence because he is still legally dead.

Donald Miller Jr vanished from a town in Ohio in 1986 after he lost his job and turned to alcohol.

He was officially declared dead eight years later, only to resurface in 2005.

"It kind of went further than I ever expected it to," Mr Miller said.

"I just kind of took off and ended up in different places."

The 61-year-old went to court to apply for a driving licence and to have his Social Security number reinstated.

However, his request to reverse the 1994 death ruling was turned down by Judge Allan Davis, who informed him there was a three-year limit for death notices to be repealed.

The judge admitted it was a "strange, strange situation".

"We've got the obvious here - a man sitting in the courtroom who appears to be in good health," he said.

He told Mr Miller: "I don't know where that leaves you, but you're still deceased as far as the law is concerned."

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ohio-man-still-legally-dead-despite-reappearing-040824872.html#0H7rIS2

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It may appear the govt may not have back social securities payments for the dead man full stop.

[ifred]

Legally dead! Wonderful he therefore can't be held arrested for crimes, non payments of debt, the implications are endless!
"Sir can I see your driving license, sorry officer you see I'm actually dead, so the vehicle is driving itself-I don't exist" Hahahahah
Question how to get the status of dead without actually dying....I see a business in this here

[GastonJ]

Aye he also can't be reported murdered, or robbed if it happens to him I suppose as well. Always a downside.

[ifred]

And there was me going to register all Dk forum as "lost at sea"...Then Gaston comes up with a flaw, we could be bumped off without a crime being committed.
That's the Dk revolution put on hold for another month then

[Kalipo]

And there was me going to register all Dk forum as "lost at sea"...Then Gaston comes up with a flaw, we could be bumped off without a crime being committed.
That's the Dk revolution put on hold for another month then

Talking about DK membership..

I do hope this mans IP address has been logged and blocked from the server?? the website is already a little sluggish at the moment.. we dont need semi dead people posting aswell!

[super jumbe]

You would have thought the police, govt; family would have been celebrating to find him (alive) instead they are happy to see him DEAD!!!!!!

[ifred]

I reckon a priest will sneak up on him next week baptise him, He'll be a born again Christian age 1 years old and then taken into state care as a minor at risk without live parents...... gov job done!!