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| -Lurid Crime Tales- |
| Acid attack a hoax |
| 2010-09-17 |
| Damn. Who throws acid in their own face? The question everyone wants to know is why. In one of the more stunning news conferences Thursday night, Vancouver Washington police announced that a woman who said she was attacked by another woman who threw acid on her face had made the whole story up. 28-year old Bethany Storro admitted she lied when she reported an African American woman poured acid on her face when she pulled up at a local Starbucks August 30th. The story gained national attention and even led to copycat attacks across the country. Detectives had their doubts from the beginning. Some things just didn't add up. The burn patterns on Storro's face were not consistent with someone splashing acid on her. She was wearing sunglasses at 7 o'clock at night. They were sunglasses she had just purchased 20 minutes before the attack and she admitted later that she never wears sunglasses. And police never could locate any witnesses. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #1 That is a bit bizarre. Even worse though, it led to copycat attacks. That's messed up. |
| Posted by: miscellaneous 2010-09-17 17:09 |