bloodrayne
03-02-2006, 03:57 PM
Woman Faked Death To Dodge Parking Fines
Iowa - A woman faked her own death to avoid paying parking tickets.
Police say Kimberly Du, 36, was caught out after she got another ticket a month after her 'death'.
Investigators said Du, of Des Moines, faked her own obituary and forged a letter telling a judge she had died in a car crash.
She allegedly included a phony obituary, made to look like a page from The Des Moines Register's website.
"The state still has to convince a jury of 12, but faking your own death is not a good idea," said Bob Rigg, of the Drake Law Clinic.
The case began to unravel when investigators said Du was stopped for another traffic ticket - a month after the obituary was dated.
She now faces up to five years in prison for fraud - instead of the $500 fine she might have expected for failing to pay her parking tickets.
Iowa - A woman faked her own death to avoid paying parking tickets.
Police say Kimberly Du, 36, was caught out after she got another ticket a month after her 'death'.
Investigators said Du, of Des Moines, faked her own obituary and forged a letter telling a judge she had died in a car crash.
She allegedly included a phony obituary, made to look like a page from The Des Moines Register's website.
"The state still has to convince a jury of 12, but faking your own death is not a good idea," said Bob Rigg, of the Drake Law Clinic.
The case began to unravel when investigators said Du was stopped for another traffic ticket - a month after the obituary was dated.
She now faces up to five years in prison for fraud - instead of the $500 fine she might have expected for failing to pay her parking tickets.