UPDATE: Missing San Jose student says she made up her own kidnapping story
UPDATE: A San Jose State University student who was found in Oregon over the weekend says she made up the story about being kidnapped by a stranger.
On Tuesday, the student told police she fabricated the entire incident including the description of the suspect.
In a statement police said, “The community is not at risk and no suspects are wanted in connection with this investigation.”
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KPIX-A 22-year-old San Jose State University student was found near a coastal town in Oregon after allegedly getting kidnapped at knifepoint from her apartment by a stranger, according to the Coos County Sheriff’s Office.
The Bandon Police Department contacted the victim at 10:18 p.m. Friday after she was found running, frightened, down a roadway in the vicinity of
U.S. Highway 101 and Prosper Junction Road.
She told investigators that she’d been abducted roughly 10 hours earlier, carjacked and forced to drive north in her own vehicle until it ran out of gas, allowing her an opportunity to flee on foot and hide in tall grass nearby until nightfall.
Officers found the vehicle near an old mill at Ballard’s Bridge and Highway 101 and searched the area for the suspect, with assistance from a K-9 unit. They were unable to track him, however, and towed the vehicle for evidence.
The victim was transported to a hospital in Coos Bay for facial injuries suffered when the suspect struck her. The Coos County Women’s Safety and Resource Center provided an advocate for her and housed her until family members arrived to bring her home over the weekend.
Coos County sheriff’s deputies contacted police in the San Jose area and determined that the victim had been reported missing by family members after she did not show up for her own graduation ceremony. San Jose State University police had launched an investigation based on their report.
The suspect is described as a mixed-race black and Hispanic man in his 30s. He did not have facial hair and was wearing a black hoodie, black baseball hat and black winter-style gloves, according to the victim.
The case remains under investigation by Coos County sheriff’s deputies and the San Jose Police Department. The FBI has also been notified, according to deputies.
