Donald Miller said Monday that he disappeared in 1986 after losing his job . He left behind his wife , kids and thousands of dollars in unpaid child support . A legal statute in Ohio prevents changes to death rulings once three years have passed , Hammer told CNN , and Judge Allan Davis ruled accordingly in Hancock County Probate Court . He was declared legally dead in 1994 ; he went to court seeking to overturn that ruling . In Ohio , a ruling of legal death can not be overturned after three years .
Donald Miller said Monday that he disappeared in 1986 after losing his job . He left behind his wife , kids and thousands of dollars in unpaid child support . He was declared legally dead in 1994 ; he went to court seeking to overturn that ruling . In Ohio , a ruling of legal death can not be overturned after three years .