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comemonday · Post by **comemonday** » April 11, 2006 11:23 am

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Police: Boy's Fake Obit Published So Mom Could Skip Work

POSTED: 9:05 am EDT April 11, 2006

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WATERLOO, Iowa -- Some people will do anything to get out of work.

Police in Iowa have arrested two people accused of filing a fake obituary for teenager Dan "D.J." Reddout with a newspaper to get off work for a few days.

Police said James Ralph Snyder, who is the boyfriend of Reddout's mother, and the boy's mother, Mary Jo Elizabeth Jensen, submitted a death notice to the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier newspaper, saying that Jensen's 17-year-old son had died at the Mayo Clinic after a lengthy illness.

Authorities were notified after the teen was spotted at a restaurant by some family friends.

Police said the pair did it so they could get off work for a few days.

Both Snyder and Jensen worked at Tyson Foods and started taking time off from work in December by claiming the boy was hospitalized with an illness, the paper reported.

As the scheme continued, Tyson officials were told the boy was on life support and had died, according to the paper.

Snyder and Jensen took several days for funeral leave, the paper reported. After they took the days off, officials from Tyson told the pair they needed verification for their absences, the paper reported.

"The boyfriend eventually went to the Waterloo Courier and had a false obituary placed in the newspaper to satisfy their employer," the Courier reported.

The Courier reported that the teen's mother said the fake obituary was caused by "bad communication" and that Snyder submitted the obituary after she told him her son was ill and she had joked about his death.

Synder is charged with tampering with records. Jensen is charged with being an accessory after the fact.

The obituary read as follows:

Dan “D.J.” Reddout (1988-2005)

WATERLOO — Dan “D.J.” Reddout, 17, of Waterloo, died Saturday, Dec. 24, at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., of complications from surgery.

He was born April 26, 1988, in Waterloo, son of James Snyder and Mary Jo Jensen. He attended West High School.

Survived by: his parents of Waterloo; grandparents, Vern and Edie Reddout of Iowa City and Glenda Tidaman of Waterloo; an uncle, Kevin Reddout of Cedar Rapids; and two aunts, Janet Reddout of Cedar Rapids and Sandy (Randy) Lee of Stout.

Graveside services: were Tuesday at Osage Memorial Cemetery, Osage.

Memorials: may be directed to the family.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » April 11, 2006 11:25 am

The least they could have done was ask for monetary donations in the obit.

Karma's gonna kick their ass, though.

comemonday · Post by **comemonday** » April 11, 2006 11:28 am

I've never been able to "make" someone sick or die for a day off, although my brother has had my other sister in a car accident! I can think up some good ones, but I just CAN'T DO THAT!

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » April 11, 2006 11:30 am

I haven't either, much less my own kid. I think I made up a fictional aunt once, but other than that, I've never theoretically killed anyone in my family to get a day off from work.

It was bad enough as it was when my two grandmothers died within 48 hours of one another. I got 10 days of bereavement leave since they both lived out of state (Iowa).

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » April 11, 2006 11:31 am

In college once, I told a boss that my brother's wife had a miscarriage so I could get a day off to go to a concert.

I don't have a brother, so I figure it was safe.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » April 11, 2006 11:32 am

Exactly! I think it's OK if you kill off someone who doesn't really exist.

flyboy55 · Post by **flyboy55** » April 11, 2006 11:43 am

A long time ago I had a job I really had to get away from - frequently!

I had taken my wife to the "chiropractor, doctor, orthodontist, etc" so many times that everyone at work felt sorry for me. Must be rough being married to a woman who was obviously so "ill" all the time.

My wife was not amused when she found out that she was my alibi. It also made for some embarassing moments at company parties.

Cheers.

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » April 11, 2006 11:51 am

rednekkPH wrote:In college once, I told a boss that my brother's wife had a miscarriage so I could get a day off to go to a concert.

I don't have a brother, so I figure it was safe.

My husband DID go to a concert while I was in the hospital after having a miscarriage.

Cubbie Bear · Post by **Cubbie Bear** » April 11, 2006 11:54 am

rednekkPH wrote:In college once, I told a boss that my brother's wife had a miscarriage so I could get a day off to go to a concert.

I don't have a brother, so I figure it was safe.

and little or no chance of someone recognizing the fetus in McDonalds

Soraya · Post by **Soraya** » April 11, 2006 12:30 pm

I hope no one on the floor here hear's of this.....something tells me a few of them would think it wasn't that bad of an idea.

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » April 11, 2006 1:05 pm

Cubbie Bear wrote:
rednekkPH wrote:In college once, I told a boss that my brother's wife had a miscarriage so I could get a day off to go to a concert.

I don't have a brother, so I figure it was safe.
and little or no chance of someone recognizing the fetus in McDonalds

Unless they peeled the breading off the McNuggets.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » April 11, 2006 1:09 pm

rednekkPH wrote:
Cubbie Bear wrote:
rednekkPH wrote:In college once, I told a boss that my brother's wife had a miscarriage so I could get a day off to go to a concert.

I don't have a brother, so I figure it was safe.
and little or no chance of someone recognizing the fetus in McDonalds
Unless they peeled the breading off the McNuggets.

McSkin?

comemonday · Post by **comemonday** » April 11, 2006 1:17 pm

rednekkPH wrote:In college once, I told a boss that my brother's wife had a miscarriage so I could get a day off to go to a concert.

I don't have a brother, so I figure it was safe.

Now that you mention it, I think my brother also "gave" his wife a miscarriage once! (Chime in here Jennifer!)

Island_Lullaby · Post by **Island_Lullaby** » April 11, 2006 8:38 pm

comemonday wrote:
rednekkPH wrote:In college once, I told a boss that my brother's wife had a miscarriage so I could get a day off to go to a concert.

I don't have a brother, so I figure it was safe.
Now that you mention it, I think my brother also "gave" his wife a miscarriage once! (Chime in here Jennifer!)

He has said quite a few things that have been in very poor taste to get out of something...and I could kill him for doing it!!!

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » April 11, 2006 10:36 pm

I once faked the hershey squirts

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » April 11, 2006 10:46 pm

if I were the Employer I would start seeing
why they wanted to go to such trouble
to get a day off. (or a few) Was it Bad people?
or did the stress and strain of the job......?

not right and I am not condoning the actions but
I would want to know..

could save a lot of trouble someday....

A Balding Fan · Post by **A Balding Fan** » April 11, 2006 11:00 pm

Dezdmona wrote:
rednekkPH wrote:In college once, I told a boss that my brother's wife had a miscarriage so I could get a day off to go to a concert.

I don't have a brother, so I figure it was safe.
My husband DID go to a concert while I was in the hospital after having a miscarriage.

My old neighbor, His wife let him go to a Garth Brooks show with me when she was in LABOR, luckly that show started an hour before the other 4 he played just that week. The kicker though... she let him go hunting 2 days after his daughter was born. Hows that for a PERFECT WIFE.