Faking your own death to avoid paying child support and then living the rest of your days at your girlfriend’s house sounds like a foolproof plan. Of course, plans aren’t always executed perfectly and things can go sideways in a hurry.
An Indiana man’s perfect plan fell apart when he was found alive and well at his girlfriend’s house not long after an email was sent to a Washington County Child Support Administrator stating that he had died.
51-year-old Jeffrey Bell Jr. of Washington County was found alive in the northern part of the county, according to a Facebook post by the Indiana State Police, after an investigation which got underway in April 2024.
A detective met with the recipient of the email that informed the child support office “that due to Mr. Bell’s death, a large amount of child support owed by Bell would go unpaid.”
The detective also learned that Bell was allegedly alive and living with his girlfriend. When the detective went to the residence he encountered a man who denied being Bell. Despite the initial denial, the man was eventually identified as Jeffrey Bell Jr. […]
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