Looks Pretty Fit, Considering
Larry Deffenbaugh, 58, the owner of a cemetery in Calvert County, Maryland, was convicted in a $1 million fraud case. He got probation, but then violated the terms. Faced 15 years in prison, he "went fishing" last May on the Chesapeake Bay and "fell overboard," never to be heard from again.
"It was a little too convenient that the weekend before his hearing, he goes off the back of a boat," said Kathryn Marsh, the Assistant Calvert County State's Attorney.
Deffenbaugh was a boat captain and an experienced scuba diver. As the owner of Southern Memorial Gardens in Dunkirk, Md., he took money more than 550 customers for coffins, grave markers, pre-paid funerals, and other services, but spent the cash on himself, instead.
When Deffenbaugh went missing, his attorney said he had "no idea where he is or what has happened to this man. I have ... notified him that I will not be representing him any further."
"Everyone knew he wasn't really dead," said one of his victims. Sure enough, on February 16, U.S. marshals found Deffenbaugh in Texas -- alive.
Deffenbaugh, a former preacher who led Bible study groups, was featured on America's Most Wanted twice -- including a few days before his capture. Tips from viewers led authorities to Texas.
Hey: if a cemetery owner doesn't have the skills to pull off a fake death, you will never succeed!
Source: Washington Post
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Posted by Mike from Dallas on March 11, 2010:
Didn't give any thought to it, myself, since for a lawyer, it likely just means he sent a notice to the last known address, thus satisfying the Good Faith requirement. But it brought to mind a song by the Doors...
Try to run,
Try to hide;
Bring you back
From the other side.
Posted by Lisa, Ohio on March 13, 2010:
He does look like he WISHES he was dead. Loser.
Posted by Neil, Cheshire, UK on March 13, 2010:
I just assumed the lawyer was saying "I don't believe he's dead either, so I've published a notice saying that I won't represent him if indeed he isn't."