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Old 09-16-2010, 08:41 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by Stumptown View Post
From the very beginning this case sounded a little fishy to me. I think it was the overplaying of the "amazing coincidence" that she'd just bought a pair of sunglasses and that saved her eyes. Our local media are pretty easily reeled in by a good story (see Kyron Horman) and there's a few cases of things like this every year. Definitely Munchausen syndrome. She got major press every day for over a week and
I bet all the people that fell for the slew of fundraisers for her feel pretty dumb now.

I guess now it's back to 25 minutes per news program of coverage of the Horman case...
She would have gotten a lot on the talk show circuit I imagine.
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