Man fakes death to avoid paying child support

A South Carolina "deadbeat dad," Johnny Martin, faked his own death 25 years ago to avoid paying child support.

The 58-year-old man has now been recaptured and jailed, and he now owes more than 30-thousand dollars in child support.

Authorities say Martin escaped from a work detail in 1979 while serving time for failing to pay support for two kids. They say he had a relative call Family Court to report he had died during a bar fight.

Investigators say he'd been living in Myrtle Beach and using his real name for about 20 years, and had a third child. They reopened his case after one of his ex-wives tipped them off that he was still around.

Jesus dude. It's your biological kid. The least you could do is send him a check. Article here.