Faked death
CASE IN WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL LEAVES EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THEY ARE DEAD
Fake death; Faking your own death; Faking a death; List of pseudocides; Pseudocide; Faked suicide; Death fraud; Staged death; Pseuicide
A faked death, also called a staged death or pseudocide, is the act of an individual purposely deceiving other people into believing the fallacy that the individual is dead, when the person is, in fact, still alive. People who commit pseudocide can do so by leaving evidence, clues, or through other methods.