Jerri Blank
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Snipped by me...
is it common for the obituaries of people who have been missing to list their recovery date as their date of death? I would venture a guess that Zachary was deceased the day he disappeared and fell into the river. Certainly not March 15th.
Would his death certificate list Feb 13th as his date of death?
Not that it actually matters, I'm just curious. I'm sure he wasn't officially "deceased" to the family until he was recovered.
when my missing family member was ultimately found deceased, the official date of death was listed as the date his body was found, though the last date of contact and the filing of the MP report was a month earlier. i was told by authorities at the time that was the way they did it, since he could not be confirmed dead until that point.
makes sense from a legal standpoint; from a grieving family member's standpoint, it just means we get to relive the loss twice a year rather than once...