The American published a fictional post about attempting to kidnap a child and go on trial
'17.09.2018'
Source: Medialeaks
American Emily Lyons told on Facebook a scary story about strangers who tried to kidnap her young son and frightened users. And soon the police even joined the search for criminals. There was only one “but” - the woman invented everything. True, for good purposes.
American resident Louisville Emily Lyons posted on her Facebook page a story that told social network users to go to the police. In a post, an American reported abductors who nearly carried Emily's little son, Jackson, right from under her nose, tells Medialeaks.
According to the publication, the incident occurred on September 8 near a Walmart supermarket. According to Emily, while still in the store she put the child on a special tray in the grocery cart, and after making all the purchases she went to the parking lot to the car.
“Today my whole life flashed before my eyes. Jackson and I went to Walmart as we did so many times before. We went shopping, we checked them out and were on our way to the car to dive. I was always afraid to put him [Jackson] in the car with the ignition key inserted, because I was worried that someone might leave with him. ”
Because of the excitement of his mother, Jackson remained in a trolley seat, Emily wrote. Since the place for the child is located near the handle, and the baby in this case sits facing the procuring parent, the woman had to go around the cart each time to pull out the products and put them into the car. This, according to the mother, was her main mistake.
“While I was putting my things in the car, a woman came up to us and spoke to him [Jackson], as people always do:“ He's so cute… ”. Next thing I remember, a man walks by and tries to take Jackson. Within that couple of seconds, my whole world collapsed. Thank God that he has thick legs and is difficult to pull out of the cart. ”
Emily did not specify what happened next, but, based on the post, it can be judged that the story ended successfully for the mother and child. At the end of the story the woman turned directly to the kidnappers.
“For that man and woman, I wish that their efforts never lead to success. I feel defiled, defeated, disappointed in humanity. In those seconds, I already saw my son sitting in a cold dark room in dirty clothes and diapers, drugged to stop crying, waiting for someone to offer [for him] a good price. "
Emily noted that she had never felt so helpless before that day near the supermarket. According to her, strangers tried to kidnap Jackson, despite other people standing in the parking lot. After returning home, the mother reported the incident to the police and told the story on Facebook.
Six hours after the post was published, Emily on the social network received 9,1 a thousand reposts. Subsequently, the recording and pages were deleted, but the journalists of the Herald Banner edition managed to take a screenshot.
The next time the mention of Emily appeared already in the Facebook account of the Louisville Police Department. The administrators of the group reported that, after responding to the complaint of the woman and the calls of people who read her post, the police conducted an investigation and found out that there were no attempts at the kidnapping.
As it turned out, as part of the investigation, the police examined the recordings from surveillance cameras in the parking lot and found out that Jackson was not in danger. Officers urged parents in such situations in any case not to start with social networks, but to go to the police.
According to the publication Metro, for a false statement Emily will go to court and be tested for mental health. Before deleting the page, the woman updated the post and stated that she did not regret anything, because her goal was fulfilled.
“I never thought my story would go viral. But I was happy to raise people's awareness of this issue. ”
Well, at least Emily theoretically had good goals ...
