Where were Bonnie Sweeten and her daughter found after their supposed abduction?”
PHILADELPHIA (WABC) — A woman who vanished after calling 911 to say she had been abducted and stuffed in the trunk of a car along with her young daughter faked the abduction, booked a flight to Orlando, where she checked into a hotel under an alias and then took her daughter to visit a Disney theme park, officials said. Bonnie Sweeten, 38, and her 9-year-old daughter, Julia Rakoczy, were located at Disney World on Wednesday, ending a 24-hour ordeal that began with a 9-1-1 call reporting a kidnapping. Sweeten called police on Tuesday claiming that she and her daughter had been abducted. Police found the SUV belonging to Sweeten, 38, early Wednesday morning at 15th and Chestnut in Center City Philadelphia. by Bob Monek, Eyewitness News PHILADELPHIA (WABC) — A woman who vanished after calling 911 to say she had been abducted and stuffed in the trunk of a car along with her young daughter faked the abduction, booked a flight to Orlando, where she checked into a hotel under an alias and t
Bonnie Sweeten, daughter found safe in Florida after fake abduction report, Amber Alert by Express-Times staff and wire Wednesday May 27, 2009, 8:00 PM A Southampton Township, Bucks County, woman who reported Tuesday that she and her 9-year-old daughter were kidnapped has been taken into custody in Florida, according to 6abc.com. Authorities began to doubt her abduction story after video footage surfaced of the pair boarding a plane. Bonnie Sweeten, 38, called 911 and told authorities she’d been locked in the trunk of a car by two men following a minor crash involving their vehicle and her sport utility vehicle. Sweeten reported that her daughter, Julia Rakoczy, had been abducted by the men, as well. Authorites recovered Sweeten’s SUV in Center City Philadelphia. They began to doubt her story after discovering the vehicle was ticketed at 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, a detail that conflicted with the timeline she’d given them. Later, video surveillance
It looks as though it was all a lie. The car crash. The abduction. The being locked in a trunk. And now, a 38-year-old Bucks County woman is facing multiple charges after authorities found her and her little girl unharmed at a Disney World resort hotel. Bucks County District Attorney Michelle Henry: “Bonnie Sweeten was taken into custody in Orlando, Florida. She was taken into custody at the Grand Floridian Hotel, a Disney World resort. She was with, at the time, her nine-year-old daughter, who is safe.” The Feasterville woman is charged with false reports and identity theft. Sweeten is alleged to have taken her co-worker’s driver’s license to purchase a plane ticket to Florida on Tuesday.
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