MD MD - Frank Thomas Christensen, USAF, 20, Missing 8 July 1977

[inmyhumbleopinion]

There is a Frank Thomas Christensen, who obtained an “order changing name” on August 18th of this year in Wyandotte county, KS. According to information available online, the petitioner was born in 1958 in Racine county, WI. This sounds like the missing Frank Thomas Christensen, IMO. More at the link:

https://trellis.law/doc/261381991/ord-order-generic

ETA: https://trellis.law/doc/261381990/ple-petition

ETA: According to The Doe Network, his DOB is January 16, 1958: https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=6532dmwi

 

[Keiri]

There is a Frank Thomas Christensen, who obtained an “order changing name” on August 18th of this year in Wyandotte county, KS. According to information available online, the petitioner was born in 1958 in Racine county, WI. This sounds like the missing Frank Thomas Christensen, IMO. More at the link:

https://trellis.law/doc/261381991/ord-order-generic

ETA: https://trellis.law/doc/261381990/ple-petition

ETA: According to The Doe Network, his DOB is January 16, 1958: https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=6532dmwi

If this is he, judging by the court order, that’s really leaving important info out of the court’s knowledge and that could be a bad thing for him. There’s no indication he informed the court he’s wanted under that name by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. (See first post in this thread) While probably unintentional because he may not be aware he’s wanted, it’s still enough to annoy a judge. This could be a situation where, according to the law, he “knew or should have known” he was wanted.

There’s no charity or Melissa named in the petition but a lot matches.

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

There is a Frank Thomas Christensen, who obtained an “order changing name” on August 18th of this year in Wyandotte county, KS. According to information available online, the petitioner was born in 1958 in Racine county, WI. This sounds like the missing Frank Thomas Christensen, IMO. More at the link:

https://trellis.law/doc/261381991/ord-order-generic

ETA: https://trellis.law/doc/261381990/ple-petition

ETA: According to The Doe Network, his DOB is January 16, 1958: https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=6532dmwi

Items 9. and 12. in the second document I linked are particularly interesting, IMO.

 

[Keiri]

Using a different person’s medical benefits can be insurance fraud. More likely he was denied benefits because he didn’t have his original id and information after decades of allegedly (presumably) living under another person’s identity. Based on what we see here, it certainly looks like he did desert and run away from the military, but we don’t know obviously.

Regardless he’s got a terminal disease. I doubt anyone would bother prosecuting. Nice find, IMHO.

 

[Quoththeraven]

Using a different person’s medical benefits can be insurance fraud. More likely he was denied benefits because he didn’t have his original id and information after decades of allegedly (presumably) living under another person’s identity. Based on what we see here, it certainly looks like he did desert and run away from the military, but we don’t know obviously.

Regardless he’s got a terminal disease. I doubt anyone would bother prosecuting. Nice find, IMHO.

And the paperwork states he also used the name, Frank T Nicholson. And his son from his second marriage was named Frank T Scharschell, so he must have used his wife's last name there, too.

"I have attached a copy of what I believed to be my SS card but have since discovered that the SS number is assigned to a totally different person."

LOL. What a tangled web we weave...

Link below.

Since he turned 65 in 2013, does that mean he's been collecting SS since then under one of his aliases? Just because he says he has stage 4 cancer doesn't mean he does. That could be another fib, imo.

https://trellis.law/doc/261381991/ord-order-generic
ETA: https://trellis.law/doc/261381990/ple-petition

His marriages were common law marriages.

States Where Common-Law Marriage is Recognized
Only a limited number of states and the District of Columbia recognize common-law marriages. Some of the states include Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, New Hampshire (for inheritance purposes), and Pennsylvania. All states will recognize a valid common-law marriage that was established in another state under the Full Faith and Credit Clause.
Wisconsin does not recognize common-law marriages.

 

[Keiri]

There’s a lot of maybe he violated laws in this. collecting benefits as he states while knowingly using a false identity, being still wanted by the Air Force, and probably adopting the identity to hide from charges of desertion.

And the common law marriage thing, as a family lawyer I can tell you that’s a huge mess in most states.

Where did he get the copd/cancer diagnosis if he can’t use his medical benefits without getting his id cleared up? Is the court unaware of all this? Most cases I dealt with, the court would ask questions to make sure there’s no nonsense going on. I have no interest in ruining a dying man’s remaining life, but I’d be astounded if this didn’t get brought to their attention. At least he didn’t commit suicide as I feared. Looks like even though he was missing, he still had decades of life after that date.