Hunt for 227-year old woman
2nd October 2009
A district court in Bydgoszcz is searching for a 227-year old woman - to make sure that she is not still alive.
An announcement in a local newspaper has asked for Sophie Gotheldine Bohm (born 24 December 1782) to contact them within three months, adding that if she fails to do so, the court will consider her to be dead.
“Recognition of death is an integral functioning of the law. So, we have to do this,” says one court official. ...
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