Teenager Fakes Kidnapping to Escape Home

A teenager disappeared from her bedroom in the middle of the night. Her window was open,

screen cut from the outside. Parents woke up to an empty bed and called police

immediately. The entire town searched for weeks. Hundreds of volunteers combed through forests

and fields. Then investigators found her diary hidden under her mattress.

Every entry detailed her plan to fake her own kidnapping. She had been talking to a 32 year old

man online for months. Security footage from a gas station two states away showed her getting

into his car willingly, laughing and smiling. Police tracked them to a motel where she insisted she

went voluntarily. She's now back home safe, but the man faces serious charges.