: 99–100 Outcome Īlthough firm figures are impossible to identify, investigators resolve nearly all of the cases they receive, and researchers believe that most people are caught. He framed it as a sort of unconventional loan from the life insurance companies. : 188 For example, John Darwin hoped that his wife could collect money from life insurance, pay some debts off, and then he could reappear later to pay the money back, perhaps with a fine and some jail time. Many people who fake their deaths intend for the change to be temporary, until a problem is resolved. However, drowned bodies usually appear within a few days of a death, and when no body appears, a faked death is suspected. People who fake their own deaths often do so by pretend drownings, because it provides a plausible reason for the absence of a body. : 36–38 Faking a death in this situation goes beyond this common impulse to think about a different lifestyle and may be associated with manipulativeness, anti-social behaviour, or sociopathic tendencies. : 96–99ĭaydreaming or fantasizing about disappearing can be a form of avoiding problems that people do not want to address, such as their dissatisfaction with their current situations. For example, John Darwin, known as "Canoe Man" in the UK, incorrectly believed that his financial difficulties could not be resolved through bankruptcy or by seeking legal assistance. Often, the desperate person has assessed the situation incorrectly. Because of this, an investigation may be triggered if the person disappears, no body is found, and the person is in significant financial difficulties. People who fake their deaths often feel like they are trapped in a desperate situation. Men are more likely to fake their deaths than women.
While some people fake their deaths as a prank or self-promotion effort, or to get a clean start, the most common motivations are money or a need to escape an abusive relationship. A narcissistic desire to see how others react has prompted fakers to check websites for information about their disappearances the locations of people who visit a website can be identified through the internet. Widespread use of facial recognition tools can connect new identities to old social media accounts. Credit cards, social media, mobile phone systems, and other technological situations make it difficult to make a clean break with the past identity. In the 21st century, the advent of mass surveillance has made it much harder to hide after faking a death. Life insurance payouts are often a goal for people faking their deaths, but most types of insurance fraud involve other subjects, such as thefts or fires, rather than faked deaths. Deaths have been faked since ancient times, but the rate increased significantly in the middle of the 19th century, when life insurance, and therefore insurance fraud, became more common.
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