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Don't do it ... there is another article floating around the internets about a guy who specializes in finding people who disappear. And apparently his successra

by fho 6y ago

Don't do it ... there is another article floating around the internets about a guy who specializes in finding people who disappear. And apparently his successrate is well above 80% (from memory). Most people are just not that great at leaving their live behind and will leave traces by calling family or accessing old online accounts.

luckylion 6y ago
Would you happen to have a link? Google has become terrible useless for me for finding specific things based on few keywords.
- aclimatt 6y ago
  I'm trying to find the link but I remember reading an article on HN about how nigh impossible it is to fake your own death. Not sure if that was what the parent was talking about. Here's one I found: https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/inside-the-world-of-investigators-who-know-youve-faked-your-death https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/inside-the-world-of-inve... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20862618 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20862618
  - srtjstjsj 6y ago
    There's a massive problem with false positive bias. If someone fakes their own death successfully, no one will ever know
    - krageon 6y ago
      For this reason it's always funny to me when people say "criminals are always caught in the end", "crime doesn't pay", etc. How would they know?
Mengkudulangsat 6y ago
That's why you should hire one to check your work [1] [1] http://archive.is/XCTZl http://archive.is/XCTZl