A Westmoreland County woman is facing charges after going to great lengths to fake her husband's death.

Police said Lori Shawley apparently forged two signatures from employees at the Westmoreland County Coroner's Office on a death certificate for her husband in hopes of getting a refund from a business that was hired to install a $11,999 carport at her home.

North Carolina business Viking Steel Structures contacted the Westmoreland County Coroner's Office last week about Shawley's husband, Simon Shawley. Coroner Tim Carson told KDKA-TV on Friday that after a county and state search, records confirmed Simon Shawley's death did not exist.

"There's no record of this person in our county, let alone the state," Carson told Viking Steel Structures.

The employee at Viking Steel Structures t

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