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Saturday, October 11, 2008
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A large sign depicting a sketch of the alleged suspect was displayed outside T.J. Grinders sandwich shop in Palos Heights for motorists to view as they passed on Harlem Avenue at 123rd Street. Many other neighboring businesses posted similar signs hoping to help catch the suspect. (Brett Roseman — SouthtownStar)
She made the whole thing up.More than three weeks after she claimed she was abducted from the Palos Heights sandwich shop where she worked and subjected to a horrific three-hour sexual ordeal, the 17-year-old girl at the center of one of the Southland’s biggest criminal investigations admitted to a hoax Friday morning.

Residents shocked by rape hoax
Made-up suspect has tones of racism
Always take rape allegations seriously, experts say

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Residents shocked by rape hoax

Cathy Baumann, co-owner of Baumann's Bakery, immediately north of the T.J. Grinders sub shop in Palos Heights, said initially she was shocked to hear the report that a girl had been abducted from the store next door and assaulted.

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It's not too late to enter the SouthtownStar's car giveaway. You can enter to win until Oct. 25 by using the mail-in entry form or entering the contest at any local event where you see the car on display. In November, 46 qualifiers will each draw a key and the one that starts the car wins.






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