12 -Year-Old Girl Fakes Her Own Kidnapping to Extort Money from Parents
June 18, 2026
A 12-year-old girl who had been reported as kidnapped by her desperate parents turned out to have faked the crime to extort her own family.
A 12-year-old girl who had been reported as kidnapped by her desperate parents turned out to have faked the crime to extort her own family.
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