Mum caught out lying about attempted child abduction on social media

By Ash Kent|

A mum from the US has been caught out lying about the alleged 'attempted abduction' of her 12-year-old daughter, with local police pulling her up on a false viral Facebook post.

Posting to her personal Facebook, the woman wrote about how terrified and upset she was following an incident at a Walmart in Pascoe where she claims that a group of men, on their phones followed her and her daughter around the aisles – with one man smiling at the 12-year-old and signalling her to go with him.

"I knew we were being targeted at this point," wrote the mother before claiming she abandoned her shopping and ran out the door dragging her daughter.


"Never in my life have I been so scared," she wrote adding, "Never did I think this would happen to me. Never did I think I would be writing this. SICK, SCARY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD."

"I did some research and this Pasco Walmart has SEVERAL cases of sex trafficking related police reports. Men on cell phones in connection to luring children for money," she added.

In the comments many other Pasco locals praised her for following her instincts and being so brave in the face of danger and saving her daughter, with many others concerned about whether she had told the police.

The mother wrote in the comments that she had told the police but "nothing will get done" claiming that police and store managers told her that unless they physically broke the law, there is nothing they can do.

Pasco police screenshot the post and comments, reposting them from their official Facebook page debunking the woman's story.

The police wrote that there was no attempted luring, with the man the woman was hysterical about remained stationary on the CCTV footage, looking at his phone, only looking up to step aside for the mother and daughter.

They also addressed claims that the mother called the police and notified store managers, hitting back saying the claims were false.

"The poster admitted 'embellishing a lot' of the story when reinterviewed by police," Pasco police wrote.

"The poster admitted lying about contacting the police because the poster feared being judged harshly by commenters if the poster did not claim to have already contacted the police.

"The call to the non-emergency line and the entire conversation the poster paraphrases never took place." 
