Police: Missing Woman "Overwhelmed by Stress"

Submitted by anthony on Fri, 2010-05-14 15:33

Story here. Excerpt:

'Nancy Salas was idolized and adored by family and friends as a successful student about to graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles. They didn't know she hadn't been enrolled since 2008.

Police say it was pressure from family and friends that prompted her disappearance and her claim that she'd been abducted at knifepoint.

"It's a tragic story," Glendale police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said. "She didn't know how to handle it and she fled."
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She told police she'd been abducted by a man at knifepoint during her run and was taken to Merced by bus and train, he said.

Back home in her parents' tiny living room late Thursday, a tearful Salas spoke to her family, friends and about 40 people who helped search for her. KMEX-TV was the only news organization allowed inside.

Salas choked back tears and thanked them for their "unconditional love," but she didn't explain exactly why or how she ran away.
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Salas stuck with the story that she'd been abducted until shortly before she was set to be reunited with her family at the Glendale police station, Lorenz said. She then admitted that she made it up and fled because she felt intense pressure from her family and friends.'

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Yeah, tragic. Don't try it guys, I doubt you'll get quite so much sympathy if you claim you were overwhelmed by the pressure that comes from being idolized by friends and family, but actually you were a college dropout, thereby leading you to concoct a story about how some crazy woman abducted you and then later have to explain that the whole sordid episode wasn't really your fault since you have "issues". Unconditional love and forgiveness is reserved for young women, especially the photogenic kind.

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2010-05-14 18:31

You got that absolutely correct Matt

Your last sentence could practically the official Motto of ever member nation of the UN. I must admit I laughed when I read it, but only because of the societal satire they represent.

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Submitted by Paragon on Fri, 2010-05-14 19:29