The drama surrounding author Susan Meachen's alleged death hoax is stranger than fiction.
In September 2020, a Facebook post from someone claiming to be the daughter of indie romance author Susan Meachen announced the writer had died by suicide.
"There's going to be tons of questions," the post said, according to screengrabs shared online. "Let the fun begin."Susan Meachen's shocking and abrupt revival has left her online community stunned and angry."I will never be able to completely wrap my brain around whatever she might have been thinking because people just don't do this."
In the wake of her alleged death, someone claiming to be her daughter used Ms Meachen's Facebook account to ask for help completing her mother's final novel and promoting her previous work.When people questioned why Ms Meachen's account was still active after her death, her "daughter" insisted that "dead people don't post on social media", according to screenshots seen by BBC News.
After Ms Meachen's online death, Ms Adams said some had noticed the posts on the accounts claiming to be from Ms Meachen's daughter had the same error."All of us have come to the conclusion that it was her the whole time and it was not her daughter," Ms Adams said.On Tuesday, someone claiming to be Ms Meachen revealed to the group that she was indeed alive and had been managing and posting in the group for years under an alias, according to screenshots shared with the BBC.
The BBC reached out to the sheriff's department, which said it could not provide information about specific reports, and to call back at a later date for comment.
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