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38-year-old woman behind bars for faking her kidnapping
Thelma Williams posted on Facebook, photos and videos of her bound and gagged in her basement. Families and friends who got frightened upon seeing the posts called the 911 and said a man had kidnapped her.
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Thelma Williams posted on Facebook, photos and videos of her bound and gagged in her basement. Families and friends who got frightened upon seeing the posts after noon on September 27, called the 911 and said a man had kidnapped her.
Thelma’s relatives had reportedly told the 911 officials that, the post “has video and picture of her saying they have her and they’re going to kill her today.”
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Lo and behold, when police arrived, they found Williams in the basement of her Middletown home loosely bound with a pair of underwear in her mouth.
She told police that a masked man had attacked her that morning and left her tied up. According to Williams, he recorded the images, posted them, then called a contact on Williams’s phone, laid the phone by her side, and left.
However, Police investigations later discovered that, Williams had done the recording of the video herself with her cellphone.
During police’s interrogation, Williams then admitted that the kidnapping was a hoax. She was arrested and charged with filing a false report, which is a fifth-degree felony.
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A police official said “We can actually see her waiting for it [the video] to come on so she can get her serious face on. … We find her story to be totally a fabrication.”
Thelma’s daughter was horrified when she first saw the video, but was of the view that her mother pulled the prank to ask for help, not attention.
“If my mom made this up, it’s not for attention. It’s because she needs help, not because she needs to be behind bars.”
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