Tale of Racial Assault Is Recanted
A black woman has recanted a story of being abducted and raped by white men dressed in Ku Klux Klan outfits and admitted she carved the initials “KKK” into her own chest, police said Wednesday.
Police in Linden, about 150 miles east of Dallas, said the 32-year-old woman initially told police she was abducted Aug. 30 in the nearby community of Bivins by two white men.
She said the men, wearing white sheets or pillowcases over their heads in the style of the KKK, forced her into a pickup truck and held her overnight. She said they cut the initials into her skin before releasing her.
Authorities became suspicious because of inconsistencies in the woman’s story as she retold it during the investigation, said Cass County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Ronnie Fincher.
Fincher said the woman, whose identity has not been disclosed, did not say why she had made up the story.
The woman is expected to face criminal charges for lying to police and could be billed for the costs of the investigation, Lee said.
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