friends help: How do you find out if someone really died or not? - Help.com

The news paper

yeah, newspaper from her town.
Myklns right, I had a friend known for lying, so bad she told me a school friend had died - murdered in fact - I saw the ‘murdered’ school friend down the street 12 months later! funny how it was sooo tragic what had happened! Among the trouble she caused with her lies I had to leave her for good, that was just 6 months ago, I miss her but I refuse to return till shes sought help.
But for now u are needing to know that her mother is ok, try asking when and where the funeral is, if she makes up an excuse y u cant attend I wouldnt lose any more sleep over it

I don’t understand how this directly effects you.
Why do you need to know?

If her mom died, thats tragic.

I would just let it go. Unless she’s asking you to do something.
If no one was there at the time of death, they would most likely need someone to identify and claim the body, then it’s transported to a funeral home.

Well, she’s not a horrible liar. They do have to identify bodies… but that’s besides the point. Call the police station (NOT 911- just look in the phone book for the number) and ask if she died. If, tragically, she did, they’ll won’t tell you details, but they will tell you that. If she didn’t, then they’ll tell you that.
Okay, hope this helps. Keep us posted, please.

Oh, I’m so sorry for your loss.

The way you poised your question/story, made it sound like you really just wanted to catch your friend as a pathological liar and expose her as such, like this was some cry for help or attention—not about a preexisting relationship with her mother/family.

You hadn’t clarified your position or relation so really there isn’t much assistance anyone here can give you—other than the obvious, to which you had your mother call to find out details from the local department.

So maybe you should be reaching out to your estranged friend—

I understand what your going through, like i said in my earlier post i had trouble too with my friend, but im still friends with her mother and extended family, if something happened to them after knowing them half my life I would want the opportunity to mourn a good friend (just cause shes my friends mother doesnt meanmean I cant be friends with her too)and to pay my respects
I see how this effects you. Keep doing what you need to, to find closure, like most would want