
St. Louis woman declared dead 16 years ago begs government to acknowledge she's alive: 'One is too many'
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A St. Louis resident told Fox News Digital about her predicament with trying to prove she's alive 16 years after her she was declared deceased.
"I'm here for the long haul. I just want this over with," she told Fox News Digital. "This is not right. I could've had my PhD by now. I could have been teaching academia right now." Taylor Penley is an associate editor with Fox News.
Carthen – who says she was forced to change her last name from Coburn after her life was turned upside down in 2007 – says she has already fought tirelessly to find relief, going to local and state officials and government agencies, even contacting the four presidents that have been in office over the 16-year span.
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