Astonishing twist after famous women's baseball player 'with degenerative illness', 31, was declared dead by San Francisco Chronicle

Many were devastated to publication astir nan decease of shot trailblazer Oz Sailors astatine 31 - only to study 9 days later that she was still alive.

The San Francisco Chronicle published an obituary for pitcher and varsity coach Ghazaleh 'Oz' Sailors aft nan nonprofit Baseball for All announced connected June 28 that she had died of a 'brain illness.'

The nonprofit said she had died surrounded by family and shared a GoFundMe relationship to cod costs for ceremonial costs.

But nan SF Chronicle past learned that Sailors was very overmuch live and surviving successful Easton, Maine, aft respective group sewage successful touch and said they had seen her aft her alleged decease date.

On Wednesday, pursuing news of her death, nan Aroostook County sheriff’s agency did a use cheque connected Sailors astatine her family's request.

Sailors' relative Hajir and a friend past received an email from an email reside pinch nan sanction 'Baseball Kid.'

The email, signed 'Oz,' read: 'Please people I’m live and they announced my decease early and please make maine nan biggest fraud lawsuit of each time. 

'All I wanted was for you guys to time off maine unsocial and you can’t moreover do that.'

Sailors has reportedly been telling group for a complete a twelvemonth that she has a 'brain stem degeneration.'  

Commander Forrest Dudley pinch nan sheriff's agency said he said pinch Sailors face-to-face.

When asked by nan SF Chronicle why Baseball for All posted that Sailors had died, Dudley said: 'I’m not going to get into that. We did person a speech astir that. Her denotation is she conscionable wants to beryllium near alone.'

Sailors shared an Instagram station from a shot section connected May 6 that publication successful part: 'Thankful to person said goodbye to shot connected nan section that intends nan astir to me. Thankful to person been surrounded by family and friends … Thankful to person vanished this conflict an Owl. Thank you Jesus for it all.'

That station came six weeks aft Sailor's relative and mother received a matter from a man that Sailor antecedently claimed was her hubby telling them she had died from bosom cancer.

Shortly aft they received nan text, Oz called her mom and said she was safe earlier quickly hanging up.

Sailors has been estranged from her family for years, and successful 2014 accused her parents of unspecified maltreatment erstwhile she was a elder successful precocious school. Her family denied nan claims.

'I deliberation she’s had a intelligence breakdown,' her mother told nan SF Chronicle. 

Sailors had besides reportedly been asking her friends for money complete nan past months.

Then, connected June 5, a GoFundMe created by a female named Kristan Hammonds asked for 'Support for Oz Sailors.'

The explanation read: 'My friend, Oz Sailors, was thrown a life-sized curveball and her loved ones request our support!'

Then different condemnation was added: 'This GoFundMe is to thief salary for ceremonial expenses.'

That money has raised $3,145 and is nary longer accepting donations.

When asked astir nan GoFundMe, commandant Dudley said: 'If personification was to record a complaint, it’s thing we’d look at.

'Right now, there’s nary complaint.'

Sailors is known arsenic a trailblazer successful shot and was astatine 1 constituent believed to beryllium nan only female varsity shot caput coach successful nan country.

At times she was besides nan only female playing successful men's leagues. 

She made USA Baseball’s women’s nationalist squad astatine property 17 earlier going to Maine-Presque Isle for college.

Her pro profession included leagues successful Canada, Australia, Japan and Korea.