A teenager in Denison, Texas, who made widely publicized claims that she was kidnapped and raped by three black men in ski masks admitted to police Tuesday that it was all a lie. “She told witnesses at the church she had been kidnapped and sexually assaulted in the woods behind the church,” the police department said. “There were also visible cuts and/or scratches on her body.”Detectives and police scoured the area for the suspects, who Talbott claimed were “3 black males” wearing ski masks. Police said they had suspicions about the case “almost from the beginning,” as they were unable to corroborate any of Talbott’s accusations. “This alleged crime as reported by Breana Harmon Talbott made many in the community fearful there were individuals abducting women,” the department wrote on Facebook.

Source: Huffington Post March 23, 2017 18:22 UTC