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June 30, 2005
Boys lie about abduction
Boys' abduction rescue was hoax, police say.
This article was about two boys, ages 5 and 9, who lied about a man who tried to abduct the youngest boy and pull him into a wooded area. The older boy stated that he threw a rock at the man to release the youngest boy. It turns out the entire story was made up by the two young boys. A man, whom they described to police, was in the park and arrested and held over night. The police were finally able to discover that the boy's story was made up.
What I would like to know is how these two boys even came up with making up a story like this? What made them decide or even think of this idea? Also, where were the parents? That question was brought up in class. I just don't understand why you would want to make a story up like this and how are the parents of these two boys going to react or punish them?
Comments
Sadly there are a lot of "parents" who don't even supervise their kids, let alone interact with them. This incident demonstrates how parents' lack of involvement with their kids doesn't just effect that immediate family but the rest of society as well.
Posted by: Patti at June 30, 2005 10:46 PM
It's sad to think that so many children are alone out there and don't really have a loving family.
Posted by: Dianna at July 1, 2005 11:21 AM
I saw a follow-up article that states a 13-year-old boy told police what really happened. He stopped an innocent man from going to jail. This is a case, however, where the father encouraged his 13-year-old son to tell the truth and to tell the truth to the police. Nice story, and really nice to see parental involvement instructing his son to do the right thing.
Posted by: Debbie at July 5, 2005 12:04 PM