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What was cause of death ?
I don’t speak or read Dutch. Anyone?
I’m not Dutch, but here is think it is.
Family Name: Shelden
First Name: Francis Duffield
Place of Birth: Wayne County, United States of America
Date of Birth: September 5, 1928
Sex: Male
Place lived: Amsterdam
Place the Body Found: Van Nijenrodeweg 423, 1082 HJ Amsterdam, Netherlands
Day of body discovery: July 9, 1996
Hour and Minute of body discovery: 4:00 PM
Wife’s Surname: –
First Name of Wife: –
PARENTS DECEASED
Father’s Surname: Shelden
Father’s First Name: Alger
Mother’s Last Name: Duffield
Mother’s First Name: Frances Pitts
OTHER INFORMATION
Been Married to: Gobbi, Aline Gisele
DECLARENT
The report was filed by the assistant public prosecutor
OFFICIAL DATA AND SIGNATURES
Deed drawn up in Amsterdam on July 16, 1996 by the registrar, H. Clerx
CHANGES AND SUBSEQUENT ENTRIES
The contents of this copy, consisting of (1) pages
corresponds to the original.
The Registrar
I did some translation in Chatgpt and I can’t find the field that denotes cause of death. Is there more to the certificate than is show in the photo?
KP
I will post a better photo later today.
I found it on Wkimedia Commons and I don’t see a field for it on that one either.
KP
Weird. No cause of death, but it says he was married to Aline Gisele Gobbi.
WHAT?????
overige gegevens = other information
gehuwd geweest met = been married to
Oh, apparently he married her in France after he fled the US in order to gain citizenship before moving to Amsterdam.
Bob Kenney
No cause of death and no burial information.
I’ve always suspected he faked his death and fled the Netherlands.
France would have been a great destination since at that time they would not extradite a French citizen for crimes committed in a foreign country.
1 year later the warrants for his arrest in Michigan were terminated due to his “death”.
Because of those previous pending warrants, he was unable to sell any of his substantial stock portfolio which was valued between 2.5 and 3.5 million dollars at the time he fled the country.
If he was in fact dead, those assets would go to his brother’s {Alger Shelden Jr.} children.
Thank you, Bob.
I don’t understand
I says:
Plaats van de lijkvinding = adress where the deceased was found
Dag van lijkvinding = date of disovery of the deceased
Also notable is the term ‘lijkvinding’ itself. It means the deceased was found but uncertain of the exact date or time. But in itself it means there was no relative or family who did the discovery. So the deputy officer of the justice department is mentioned as the AANGEVER