‘Missing’ woman charged for falsely reporting own murder: cops

A North Carolina girl who was believed to be lacking has been arrested after allegedly tricking her buddies, household and police into considering she had been murdered, police stated.

Margaret Frances “Maggie” Elizabeth Sweeney, 37, of Franklin, was reported lacking on Friday after one in every of her buddies informed the Franklin Police Division that she was both going to be killed or already lifeless.

Sweeney, nonetheless, was discovered protected the subsequent day in a neighboring city, with Sgt. Randy Dula discovering that the lacking girl had allegedly made an nameless third-party tip about her demise to her fearful good friend and the Division of Social Companies.

“Sweeney’s actions prompted our division, in addition to different departments, many hours of labor which might have been spent on different issues,” the division stated in an announcement. “Household, buddies, and the group as a complete have been additionally very involved and fearful about Sweeney’s welfare.”

Sweeney was in the end charged with submitting a false report back to a police station, falsely reporting a demise or severe harm by telephonic communication and obstructing law enforcement officers.

It stays unclear why Sweeney allegedly tried to pretend her disappearance and demise, together with her lashing out at police for posting an replace on her case on Facebook.

“Social media has us believing we’re entitled to find out about individuals/conditions that don’t have anything to do with us,” Sweeney wrote within the feedback part. “Rather than help, we ridicule these that don’t reply questions that make them uncomfortable.

“I determine when/what/with whom I open up to. Nobody for a very long time,” she added.

Sweeney declined The Submit’s request for remark.

The case is harking back to that of Carlee Russell, who threw the group of Hoover, Alabama, right into a frenzy final month after allegedly faking her personal kidnapping.

The 26-year-old nursing scholar had made headlines after she vanished on Interstate 459, the place she was heard screaming in a name to family when supposedly stopping to search for a misplaced toddler.

Russell, nonetheless, turned up days later with a harrowing story of escaping her kidnappers, with police disputing her claims over a string of proof allegedly exhibiting she was preparing a fake kidnapping.

She was charged with one rely of false reporting to regulation enforcement and one rely of falsely reporting an incident.