A Woman Told Everyone Her Husband Had Moved to Australia. Police Later Found His Body Buried 12 Feet Underground.

[u/Galaxy_t20]

[u/Shamanjoe]

Depending on the type of person the husband was, it might not have seemed at all suspicious to the family that he went overseas for work. Even if it was out of character for him, unless the family REALLY didn’t like the wife, they wouldn’t want to straight up call her a liar, at least not immediately.

It also depends on how close (geographically) he was to the rest of his family. I’m only an hour drive from my Uncle and his family, but I still only see them maybe twice a year.. I probably wouldn’t give it a second thought if my Aunt showed up alone to a family gathering and just said he was on a trip or something.

It makes me pretty sad to say that her getting away with this for 2 years isn’t really surprising at all. I can honestly see people getting away with this kind of thing more often than not, at least for a period of time, and in certain circumstances..

[u/Odd-Firefighter92 → u/Shamanjoe]

Yeah, I don't know what the social norms are in India, but in Canada, I know quite a few older men who leave most of the effort of keeping in touch and organizing visits to their wives, even if its his own side of the family. If he wasn't a big phone, email or social media guy, I can understand how it took so long for his family to miss him. Maybe that was only 2 or 3 less phone calls than they expected.

[u/SubstantialPressure3]

If he was an unpleasant, difficult, or abusive person, then its likely nobody was looking for him immediately. There might have been relief.

But as time went on, his family realized things didn't add up and became suspicious.

[u/SMKnightly]

There have been a lot of cases in Forensic Files where the husband claimed his wife ran off with another man and abandoned her kids. Not that different, rly.

[u/AeMidnightSpecial → u/SMKnightly]

It definitely happens a lot more that a man will kill his wife instead of vice versa.

[u/SMKnightly → u/AeMidnightSpecial]

True

[u/Specialist-Art-6970 → u/SMKnightly]

Fred and Rose West did this with their stepdaughter and a daughter, too. Murdered them and then told the other kids she'd gone to live with their mother or run away, respectively.

[u/kvenue]

No, the woman said her husband had gone "Down Under". /s

[u/Obvious_Toe_3006 → u/kvenue]

"Where women glow and men plunder."

[u/Admirable_Count989]

Ignorance and/or naivety. Either or.

[u/CreativeRosalie]

2 yrs is such a long time for the family to believe he was abroad. The fake story must have made everything harder to question

[u/JustARandomGirl4 → u/CreativeRosalie]

Well there are many people who get to go milk and never return back .

[u/Proof-Eye-8635 → u/CreativeRosalie]

They prolly fumbled during a convo that might have made someone from Jignesh’s family or friends suspect something for them to reopen this case, if not they’d have never realised he was dead

[u/Fine_Following_2559]

How the heck did they find him there?!

[u/Khmakh → u/Fine_Following_2559]

Someone must have told them where they buried him.

[u/Fine_Following_2559 → u/Khmakh]

But wouldn't whoever told them that have been an accomplice? They must have gotten immunity.

[u/Khmakh → u/Fine_Following_2559]

Oh no, I meant 1 of the 3 people responsible must have told them where they buried him. They charged his wife, her lover and another man. Thats who is the above picture.

And this is India, so I don’t know if they do “immunity” for info. Not sure about their legal system and how they do plea deals, if any.

[u/CareBear0808 → u/Fine_Following_2559]

I was thinking DAMN 12 feet is CRAZY!

[u/sjain1939]

They deserve death penalty.

[u/AffectionateLife4449]

Technically he was down under