Greenbrier police: Rape allegation false
Officials with the Greenbrier Police Department have confirmed that an 11-year-old girl had lied when she claimed to have been abducted and raped.
The story first appeared in the Log Cabin Democrat in April after the girl claimed to have been abducted as she walked home from the Glenn Drive area.
Greenbrier Police Chief Lt. Gene Earnhart said that after authorities received tests results from the Arkansas State crime lab, they interviewed the girl again at which time she admitted that the incident did not happen.
“It was evident when we received the results from the samples we had sent to be tested that the incident did not occur,” he said. “When we asked the girl’s mother to bring her in to be interviewed, the little girl confessed that the incident did not occur.”
Earnhart confirmed that personnel had dedicated hundreds of hours to the case and said that the incident is unfortunate.
“In a way, I am glad that the incident did not happen because it means something horrible did not occur, but it was also a lot of wasted time and effort for the department,” he said.
The outcome of this incident marks the second time within months that false rape allegations have been discovered. The Conway Police Department investigated a case in March involving a 15-year-old girl who told officers that a man had broken into her home and raped her. Investigators later discovered that the girl made up the allegations. Charges of filing a false police report were filed against the girl in the Conway case. It is not known at this time if the Greenbrier girl will also face charges.
(Candie Beck is a staff writer and can be reached at 505-1238 or at candie.beck@thecabin.net)
Comments (5)
Add commentThe real victim in this
Is the next person that ACTUALLY is raped and having to deal with the speculation that it's another made-up incident.
All I'm going to do is simply
All I'm going to do is simply quote myself from back in April........."Second, last "rape" was a false report, so maybe they wanted to make sure that it was an actual case before any "media attention" was brought to it so that it would not be another child or idiot seeking attention."
Such a shame something like this goes on!!
I live in Greenbrier and close to where this "Happened" Freaked the whole neighborhood out!!! I really hope this little girl realizes all the time and energy spent trying to help her was all wasted and could have been spent on something/someone else. I also hope she held accountable for her actions!!!
11 years old
I have no doubt that 11 year old kids get tormented and abused all over the world. But for a young girl in this part of the world to even know what "rape" is may make some think what her parents are teaching her. My first thoughts are, "How does she Know she was raped? And Where were her parents when this happened?"
Luckily it was nothing more than getting attention. NOW it is time to find out why the Parents were not there for her.
Younger girl knowing what rape is?
I would sure hope so. Ignorance is not bliss, even when disguised as innocence. (Not an excuse for this girl's actions.)