{"id":6146,"date":"2021-04-01T12:28:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T04:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesmartlocal.com\/vietnam\/?p=6146"},"modified":"2021-04-08T15:06:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T07:06:17","slug":"woman-fakes-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesmartlocal.com\/vietnam\/woman-fakes-death\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00f3c Tr\u0103ng Woman Faked Her Own Death To Escape Debt, Got Busted By Local Authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vietnamese woman staged her own death<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Fans of movies such as <\/span>Gone Girl <\/span><\/em>and TV hits such as <\/span>Pretty Little Liars<\/em> <\/span>are no strangers to storylines involving pseudocide, which is the act of staging one’s death to achieve a certain purpose. Inevitably, their climaxes always result in the authorities getting involved, the truth discovered, and the person of interest found alive and well after many days of investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, this is the story of Ms<\/strong> Tr\u1ea7n Th\u1ecb Tuy\u1ebfn<\/strong>, a 56-year-old S\u00f3c Tr\u0103ng resident who faked her own death by hosting a funeral for herself before getting busted by local policemen. As it turns out, she did so to escape massive debts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Her family held a fake funeral at home<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nMs Tuy\u1ebfn\u2019s funeral<\/em>
\nImage credit: <\/span>Tin Tuc Online<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

According to the authorities of C\u00f9 Lao Dung Ward in S\u00f3c Tr\u0103ng Province, Ms Tuy\u1ebfn owed money to a lot of people so she went into hiding in \u0110\u1ed3ng Th\u00e1p Province for a short time. Considering that faking her own death might help her escape her accumulating debt and pressure that she was facing, she asked her family to organize a funeral for her to make her creditors believe she was dead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On 29th March, she and her son bought a coffin in \u0110\u1ed3ng Th\u00e1p and had it shipped to her home in S\u00f3c Tr\u0103ng to organize a fake funeral for herself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After that, Ms Tuy\u1ebfn’s children told everyone that she had died in another province and they had decided to bring her body home for a proper burial. While her family threw her a well-planned funeral with a coffin, altar with burning incense, and people clad in funeral attire, they overlooked a plothole that caught the attention of local authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nImage credit: Vietnamnet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Here in Vietnam, any kind of death must be followed by a detailed process of investigation and validation before the deceased can be returned to their family for burial. If Ms Tuy\u1ebfn had been murdered, local authorities in her hometown should have received notifications about that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But according to <\/span>\u0110\u1eddi S\u1ed1ng Ph\u00e1p Lu\u1eadt<\/span><\/i><\/a>, there were discrepancies in the statements of Ms Tuy\u1ebfn\u2019s children regarding her death. One said that she died of a road accident, while another one said that she died of drowning in a \u0110\u1ed3ng Th\u00e1p river.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another child went as far as telling everyone that she died of sickness in a place near the Cambodian border, which led to suspicions that she might have contracted COVID-19 and forced local policemen to immediately investigate and sanitize the funeral venue.<\/p>\n

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Local policemen raided her fake funeral<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nThe sand bags and leaves found inside the coffin<\/em>
\nImage credit: <\/span>Vietnamnet<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Because Ms Tuy\u1ebfn\u2019s death reportedly happened at the border area before her body was transferred back to her hometown in C\u00f9 Lao Dung, local authorities decided to open the coffin to investigate the causes of death and sanitize it.<\/span><\/p>\n

To everyone\u2019s surprise, what was found in the coffin was not Ms Tuy\u1ebfn\u2019s body, but three bags filled with sand and nearly 10KG of leaves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nImage credit: \u0110\u1eddi S\u1ed1ng Ph\u00e1p Lu\u1eadt<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

After that, Ms Tuy\u1ebfn was summoned to the local police station for statements. During the questioning, she admitted to faking her death to get out of debts.<\/span><\/p>\n

While pseudocide is not a crime in Vietnam, according to <\/span>Vietnamnet<\/span><\/i><\/a>, local authorities will continue their investigations on the case.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Vietnamese woman faked her death to escape debts<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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There are various reasons as to why people fake their own death, such as to get out of an abusive relationship, evade repayment of loans, or illegally claim insurance money. As tempting as the thought of getting a clean break from one\u2019s problems may sound, this scheme is not without its consequences.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As it turns out, faking one\u2019s death does not only leave a big impact on one\u2019s loved ones, but can also lead to troublesome investigations. We hope Ms Tuy\u1ebfn can find a more amicable solution to resolve her debts peacefully.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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