I was talking to my dad about this incident when he noted something that I thought was interesting. He said that her father "was surprised about all this hoopla" and didn't seem that upset about the incident. If you think about it, like some of you said it was a huge cry for help and attention. She is a 4.0 student, sounds to be pretty much perfect, and really pretty. Yet, can't even get her father to even -care- about her disappearance. I don't know about your dads but if I went missing he'd be nuts!

I was watching FOX and LMBO at this fool.
My friend was saying, "Oh, poor girl. She needs help." No, what she needs is a swift kick in the behind. I know people want to feel sorry for her, yada yada yada. To heck with the sympathy, she is PSYCHO!!!!

Kidnapping yourself? You get no more disturbed than that.

I'd guess that any plea agreement she works out will involve hefty restitution -- at least I hope so.

did anyone else read that she wasd oing it to get attention from her boyfriend? i think there are other ways you could go about gtting attention.

:rolleyes:

Sounds like she wanted to smash pretty bad....

See what a lack of smashing does?!

MADISON, Wis. - A college student who faked her abduction and set off a desperate search was sentenced to three years' probation Thursday and ordered to repay the police department at least $9,000.

Audrey Seiler, 20, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of obstructing officers and read a statement in court in which she said severe depression had caused her to act irrationally.


"I'm taking care of myself now, so someday people will see I'm still a girl to be proud of," Seiler said. The Rockford, Minn., woman withdrew from the University of Wisconsin-Madison after the incident and is in therapy.


After her March 27 disappearance, dozens of volunteers slogged through marshes and woods as national TV broadcast surveillance footage of her leaving her off-campus apartment late at night with no coat or purse.


She turned up four days later, curled in a fetal position in a marsh, and claiming she had been abducted at knifepoint.


Her story soon crumbled, and investigators said she faked the abduction because she was upset over her fading relationship with her boyfriend.


Police concluded Seiler made up her abduction after obtaining a store videotape that showed her buying the knife, duct tape, rope and cold medicine she claimed her abductor used to restrain her.


She could have gotten nine months in jail and a $10,000 fine.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp.../missing_woman

I am suprized she didn't get more of a punishment. Depressed people don't go out and fake their kidnappings. Guess the judge bought it of just felt sorry for her.

I feel sorry for her also. I hope that therapy works for her. I think that jail time would have been too severe for her. Maybe community service is in order here.

We've seen with others before that incarceration isn't for everyone. With Audrey's case, I think the therapy and the sentence are appropriate.

Her mother mentioned in an interview that "while she was not physically, it was clear that she was lost emotionally". I hope she gets better.

The chance that this girl was going to get jail time is slim. She's been in therapy since the incident (as well as being hospitalized for part of that time). Between the $9000-14400 that she'll have to pay in restitution and the thousands of dollars her family will no doubt be spending on therapy, I think that's a decent punishment and will allow her to get her act together.

IMO there's no reason why a girl like this should be in jail when her real issues clearly had to do with her mental health. Hopefully therapy will help her work out these issues.