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    Default Defendant Posted Bond After a Newspaper Reported Him Dead

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: Illinois

    I'm reading through a criminal record. Supposedly the guy is dead from a drug overdose. Supposedly, he died on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. It appears to have come from a legitimate source: local newspaper.

    And yet... I read his criminal record, and yeah, it's his... and I see this for the date of 11/08/2011:
    Cash Bond set at $60.00. Defendant Posted Cash: Bond Payment of $60.00 on 11/08/2011. Receipt # 115920.
    How can an "allegedly" dead man post bond? He was the defendant. Uhhh, but he was dead on 11/08/2011, for what I've read, because it was said that he died on February 2nd, 2011. That does not make sense to me. How can the defendant post the cash bond? Was it the public defender or defendant's attorney who posted bond? Some kind of legal issue where the state pays it because he is dead or something?

    I do not understand, and it severely bothers me.

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    Default Re: How Can an "Allegedly" Dead Man Post Bond

    Why is this bothering you exactly?

    It could be a typo. Or you may be mistaken as to the physical condition of the defendant.

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    Default Re: How Can an "Allegedly" Dead Man Post Bond

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    Why is this bothering you exactly?

    It could be a typo. Or you may be mistaken as to the physical condition of the defendant.
    Ultimately, I don't recall if I had reported this guy in September of 2009 in relation to narcotic allegations and that somehow he is still alive and that some kind of game is being played on me years later. Proximately, because supposedly he is dead. The obituary looks legitimate. I'm not giving it, though, as I have no interest in making my research public. Quoting things could make them traceable, as I recently read some Edward Snowden stuff.

    No way I could be mistaken about the obituary.

    Who could have posted the bond? If the defendant was dead, why would it have been necessary to post bond? Or if the defendant was dead, why would someone post the bond?

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    Default Re: How Can an "Allegedly" Dead Man Post Bond

    I'm reading through a criminal record. Supposedly the guy is dead from a drug overdose. Supposedly, he died on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. It appears to have come from a legitimate source: local newspaper.
    seriously?


    how do you know it is the same person?

    obviously you do not have enough info to determine an answer. There are so many possibilities that I'm not going to even start listing any of them.

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    Default Re: How Can an "Allegedly" Dead Man Post Bond

    I'll have to look into this issue again. Upon research, it appears that it's not illegal to post a fake obituary. I guess looking for a death certificate would be more appropriate.

    I looked into it again. Supposedly, a funeral home can submit an obituary, thus bypassing the need for a death certificate to be used. Interestingly, if I understand correctly, the "deceased" individual's mother works or worked for a funeral home. Well, then. The plot thickens. Spooky.

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    Default Re: Defendant Posted Bond After a Newspaper Reported Him Dead

    Hopefully, he still files for a refund and takes it with him.

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    Default Re: Defendant Posted Bond After a Newspaper Reported Him Dead

    Again, why do you care?

    Post hx folks.

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