Stupid bitch Charged with Hoaxing own Abduction

[General Zod]

Fox News Linky

MADISON, Wis. — Audrey Seiler (search), the University of Wisconsin (search) sophomore accused of staging her own disappearance last month, was charged Wednesday with two misdemeanor counts of obstructing officers.

Each charge carries a jail sentence of up to nine months and a maximum fine of $10,000. Investigators said she told them, "It just got so out of hand. I did not mean for it to."

Dane County District Attorney Brian Blanchard filed the 16-page criminal complaint two weeks after Seiler, 20, was discovered in a marshy area within a mile of her campus apartment, when she told police a man with a knife and a gun was in the area. She was reported missing March 27 and found March 31.

When officers attempted to assist Seiler to her feet she said "I can't leave the woods — a bad man will kill me," according to the complaint. She told officers the man had a knife and a gun.

Her claim touched off a major manhunt, which authorities said accounted for most of the money they spent on the case. The Madison police department last week estimated its costs at $96,000.

According to the criminal complaint, Seiler told police on March 31 and April 1 that a man had entered her room at 2:15 a.m. March 27 while she was doing homework and forced her from her room at knifepoint, telling her to leave the building.

Seiler told police that once outside, the same man grabbed her and put her into a car with threats that he had a gun, according to the complaint. She also said the man used duct tape over her mouth and would sometimes give her Nyquil pills.

Police concluded Seiler's story was fake after obtaining a videotape that showed her buying the knife, duct tape, rope and cold medicine she claimed her abductor used to restrain her. They also obtained a warrant to search her laptop computer and cell phone records.

After investigators showed Seiler the surveillance photos of her buying the knife and other items during the April 1 interview, she said she purchased gum, Chapstick, flu medicine and tape for her bedroom lights.

Seiler's roommate, Heather Thue, told officers that Seiler seemed depressed and was "confused" about her relationship with her boyfriend, Ryan Fisher. Thue said Fisher did not pay as much attention to Seiler as she wanted.

this reminds me of that incident awhile back involving those two stupid girls that falsely accused some homeless guy of raping them. . .you'd think people would learn.

[Col. Crackpot]

i get the impression she has some serious screws loose and needs mental help, not criminal charges.

[Peregrin Toker]

If you're gonna fake your own abduction, why not make it an alien abduction while you're at it?

[irishmick79]

I live in Madison, and I've been hearing that the police wouldn't have requested charges if it hadn't been so expensive for the city. We had to deploy a ton of police units and SWAT people to not only search for her, but to find a suspect that didn't exist. The whole thing cost six figures, and the cops aren't too happy about it.

[Oni Koneko Damien]

I live an hour away from Madison, yet was still surprised when this popped up on all national news outlets. Ironically enough, my fifteen year old sister had it nailed from the start, "She's just looking for attention."

-Damien

[Rogue 9]

[quote="Darth_Zod]this reminds me of that incident awhile back involving those two stupid girls that falsely accused some homeless guy of raping them. . .you'd think people would learn.[/quote]
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. At least she didn't implicate a real person in a crime he did not commit.

[Defiant]

Does anyone know exactly why she did it?