Lawyer: Man charged in scam missed court date because he's dead

[FelineOverlord]

Source: Associated Press

MILFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man charged with running a scam that cheated a woman out of more than $80,000 missed a recent court date and was supposed to be rearrested, but his attorney says that will be impossible because his client has been dead for months.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/connecticut-africa-arrests-4aeaa07b0d583b97e30f5d395e28cf80

[PoliticAverse]

1. Time for a writ of habeas corpus. n/t

[Silent3]

2. If he was guilty, I hope the woman can collect from his estate n/t

[getagrip_already]

3. details, details.....

Some people get so hung up on such small points.

[Shrike47]

4. Apparently there are questions arising from his handwritten death certificate from the Congo.

He was ‘visiting relatives’ there when he died.

[ZonkerHarris]

5. and it was signed "Epstein's Mother."