Woman Tells Friends She Is Dying Of Cancer - She 'Dies' - She Shows Up At Own Funeral - Arrested

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HUDSON - Beneath a stained-glass mural of the resurrection, the choir of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church gathered Friday to mourn a young member's death.

The people had braced for Alison Matera's passing since they learned of her cancer. They sat in wooden pews before a pedestal of polished white stone. Among them was a stranger who looked strangely familiar.

She said she was Matera's sister. But she looked and sounded exactly like Matera.

And the people wondered.

Was it all a trick?

According to an incident report from the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, this is what happened:

Matera told them about the cancer last February, after two years in the choir. They were some of her closest friends, and she gave them frequent updates on her treatment.

Near the end of last year, at the age of 27, she said she was giving up and entering hospice care. Choir members started getting calls from a hospice nurse with updates on Matera's condition. Several of them noticed the same thing: The nurse's voice sounded just like Matera's.

Jan. 18, the same nurse called choir director Timothy Paquin and told him Matera had died at 7:04 p.m. He spread the news and planned the memorial.

much more....

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/02/02/Hernando/Woman_s_tragic_tale_j.shtml

And if she was trying to cut ties, why would she show up at the service? That's one disturbed young lady.

Matera was not arrested. According to sheriff's spokesman Doug Tobin, she did not commit a crime


Either way...sheesh. :eyes: