(FOX NEWS) – Madeline-Michelle Carthen has been dead for 16 years – at least according to the government, she says.
Ever since she discovered her social security number was linked to someone "deceased," the St. Louis native says she has been fighting to prove she is still alive, but to no avail. "I'm here for the long haul. I just want this over with," she told Fox News Digital. "This is not right. I could've had my PhD by now. I could have been teaching academia right now."
Carthen – who says she was forced to change her last name from Coburn after her life was turned upside down in 2007 – says she has already fought tirelessly to find relief, going to local and state officials and government agencies, even contacting the four presidents that have been in office over the 16-year span.
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