Wife of LI man who 'faked' death fears for her life after revealing alleged scam

The wife of a Long Island man who may have faked his own death to get his hands on life-insurance money now fears for her life following a a series of threatening texts after she revealed his alleged plot to the cops.

Evana Roth said at a press conference on Friday that she was contacted by her husband, Raymond, early this morning as police executed a search warrant at the couple's Long Island home.

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ELABORATE SCHEME: Raymond Roth told his son in an e-mail not to let his “a--hole” wife dispose of their Massapequa house (above) before he allegedly faked his own death.

"It was like a terrible feeling, like a haunting threat," Roth told The Post. "He seemed to appear as if he was under the influence of alcohol. He said he was in a bar. He said he was in North Carolina."

The series of texts included cryptic messages.

"It didn't work out as I thought it would. I did it for you," Raymond Roth texted to his wife.

Despite saying he was in North Carolina, Roth led on that he was actually in Long Island and near the home he shares with his wife and son, Jonathan.

"The place looks a little crowded. I just drove by. Call me later," Roth texted.

Roth also searched for answers from his wife.

"At least tell me why. What is going on?" Roth texted. "I just heard u [sic] have a press conference later. Be nice. Almost 15 years together."

Evana Roth said the couple have only been married for 12 years.

"He doesn't even know how long we've been married," Roth said.

"I’m afraid he’s going to come after me because I’m the one who found out he is alive," said Roth of her husband. "This is a terrible nightmare that I want to wake up from.

"Everything he had, had to be bigger and better than anyone else but he didn’t have the money to do it. Faking his death is a horrific thing. I just can’t believe he’d do something like that. It’s like a horrible movie."

Roth said she changed the locks on the doors and will seek orders of protection from her husband and stepson Jonathan.

Evana Roth’s lawyer Lenard Leeds said, “She fears him. She fears that he is a substantial threat, and is in imminent danger, and we are going into Family Court today to get an order of protection."

She said after the cops were alerted that he was alive, somehow her husband got the word and called the house.

"I got a strange call," she said. "Raymond called me after his brother and I called the police.

"First I asked who it was and he hung up," Roth said. "He called again and I said 'who is this?'"