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Reincarnation works like this: you live the life of the person physically closest to you when you die (there are obvious temporal implications, and loops should be avoided).
When a teleporter fails to remove the original copy, the result is two instances of the same individual...
forced into lockstep via quantum entanglement (note that this is [very] scientifically implausible given our current understanding of quantum entanglement).
My first mistake was administering the tetanus shot with a rusty needle. After that, the oxidizing vermin became unstoppable.