@Doc he was fake claiming
But you didn't know that until he had already died. He could of been making a real claim. For future reference it's best to say why you're leaving it on if you don't happen to believe his claim, but you didn't say anything about why you kept it on so we can't know for sure.
I can see one of two things with Deus. Either (probably because he's new) he left his RVS vote on without explaining why he kept it there or he's mafia and he hoped to leave it there when it looked like funnier was going to get lynched. Idk how I feel about him, I mostly voted him to get him talking and at least he made an effort to today which makes me feel better. Though I could be overlooking him leaving his RVS vote there since I have a bad habit of overlooking new players when they're scum sometimes.
The only other option right now is all might. Idk how I feel about him fishing for info but maybe he really was just trying to scumhunt. As for him softclaiming a character, I don't really like that if that's what he was trying to do since it's not like anyone can counter claim since name claiming isn't allowed. Either way, I don't think people should be claiming characters as it gives people who know the flavour an unfair advantage.