I think that's what's relevant," she said. About three months into the relationship, Alistair came home from a night out with a broken hand. He said he got it during a fight that wasn't his fault. They broke up a few months later, not over anything significant — she was young and fickle, and she decided to end things. Rachel said friends of his soon told her his things had started disappearing from the share-house he lived in.
Rachel started comparing notes with his other friends and found out he owed them money too. Rachel received the worst news possible — a friend called to say Alistair had died. Alistair's mum told his friends her son had been murdered, said Rachel, because he owed money to a bikie gang. Rachel said that at the time she didn't want to know all the details, her approach was just to "grieve in her own way and move on".
Until two years later, when she was hanging out with her best friend at a family restaurant in the town they grew up in. Rachel and her friend asked the waitress if he was working and she told them "no, but his brother is". It didn't seem possible, but when she asked which brother, the waitress told her it was Alistair. Then she had an idea and asked the waitress to check if he could come out and see her.
They tried calling the restaurant and asked to speak with Alistair, and were told no-one by that name worked there. Only moments later, Rachel received a text message from Alistair's mum, who years earlier had been the one to deliver the details of his death, complaining the "scene" they'd made had lost Alistair his job. Tens of thousands of Australians disappear every year, but disappearing comes in a few different shapes. Some people slip off the radar by mistake, others meet with foul play, and others disappear very deliberately, according to Steve Wallis, the Managing Director of SWI Recoveries and Investigation Group.
You should only do this if you keep feeling that faking your own death is the only way to start over or escape, and you have no viable alternatives. Understand the implications of faking your own death. You'll be able to have no contact with any friends or relatives. If you decide to let them in on it, they'll most likely call the police or betray you in the end.
If you must let anyone know, try an understanding friend who will - for whatever reason - never rat you out to the police, family or general public. Understand that you cannot use email accounts, memberships, cell-phones, or any other personal details from your old life, after you have faked your own death. This is probably the trickiest of all things to get sorted before you actually do the deed. Since money is necessary to start your new life, gradually withdraw cash from an account leading up to your fake death, and leave behind things like credit cards and other documents.
Clearing it completely may arouse suspicion. However, if you're in a hurry, draw out a massive amount, but leave a little behind to erase suspicion. Avoiding acting fishy beforehand. Also, remember not to use personal laptops, computers or mobile phones unless you can change the sim card afterwards; these can be used to trace you once you're gone. Plus, people might notice that they're missing.
Suicide is probably the easiest bet. While it may be hard for loved ones to stomach, if it's obvious your "death" is a suicide, innocent people won't be accused of your "murder". Also, suicide is a more open and shut case: chances are, people will be less searching of CCTV footage and personal records etc if they know you "killed" yourself, rather than mysteriously disappearing. Another option is "getting lost at sea.
This method may be difficult as the price is an entire ship; still, it might be less unsettling to those you love than suicide. To escape conviction of a crime? To profess affection? Or is it to escape an undesirable personal situation? Yes, it is. All of these are reasons why people fake or have faked their deaths.
Of course there are other reasons, some of which might cause one to question the rationale — even mental stability — of the perpetrators, or liken their stunts to juvenile pranks rather than fraud. But financial woes and avoiding incarceration take the top spots.
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