My friend has a history of getting involved very quickly with men who haven't always been who they say they are. She has been very hurt by this in the past and I'm worried it's about to happen again.
She has begun a relationship with a man who claims that his wife died a year ago. The story seems plausible, but alarm bells started ringing for me when he asked my friend to keep the relationship secret for the time being as it is apparently too soon for him to reveal to family and friends that he is in a new relationship. She has not been to his house or met his son.
On a hunch, I googled the wife (very unusual surname) and no obituaries or death notices came up. All I could find were some current appointments at Companies House! From the details given I am sure that that person is the wife.
There could be a rational explanation, but surely I would have found something about her death online? I'd be really interested to hear others' opinions.
Absence of proof of death is not proof of life (!), so is there any way of finding out if she is still alive?