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fiddlefool
05-17-2006, 03:56 PM
All I can say is :eek:

http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=186583

Police say student faked abduction
By Kevin Landers
WBNS 10TV
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:51 PM
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Hiroshi Hayashi has been charged with filing a false report over claims he had been abducted.

In the past 24 hours, Hiroshi Hayashi has gone from missing, to found, to arrested.

Hayashi disappeared from the Ohio State University campus last Thursday. There was an all-out search, and on Tuesday, he turned up in Tennessee.

He told police he was taken against his will, but then his story changed.

10TV has learned that Hayashi traveled by Greyhound bus from Columbus to London, Kentucky and then on to Athens, Tennessee.

In a police report, Hayashi told police about how he was allegedly abducted from Ohio State. It is a story that is now known to be false.

According to the police report, Hayashi said that he parked his car on West Campus when a man approached him asking for directions. He says that man struck him on the back of the head and when he regained consciousness, he was on the floor of a truck, bound and blindfolded.

Hayashi said he could not identify his attacker and did not know how he got to Tennessee, but officials say they do know how he got there.

Athens, Tennessee Police Detective Scott Webb says Hayashi parked his car at Ohio State and took a cab to the local Greyhound station. There, he bought a ticket to Kentucky under an alias and then made his way to Athens.

Police say before they knew Hayashi was considered a missing person, Hayashi came to the police station with a cut neck and broken glasses claiming he had fallen down a ravine while hiking.

They say the neck wound was self-inflicted.

Investigators are baffled and do not know why Hayashi fabricated the story. They say that Hayashi is not talking about it.

Hayashi has been charged with one count of filing a false report. He will face a judge Thursday morning.

Officials say they don't believe Hayashi came to Tennessee to meet anyone.

maui sista
05-17-2006, 06:13 PM
What some people will do for attention!!!!

kinda sad...

Gandalf
05-18-2006, 10:50 AM
Sounds similar to the "runaway bride" story last year, except without the wedding...

in2gsus
05-18-2006, 11:49 AM
he just wanted to run away to Tennessee seeing that its the best state ever:D

bdfwinn
05-18-2006, 12:16 PM
I wonder if he was on the same medication as Congressman Patrick Kennedy? Maybe he too was asleep during the whole thing:rolleyes: just like when Kennedy got his keys, started his car, drove into a fence, and made an excuse... all in his sleep.

Pills can really mess you up.
Bill

Melodeon
05-18-2006, 12:27 PM
Sadly, this type of story is happening more and more frequently. Last month in Charlotte, a college student did essentially the same thing. Several young teenagers have done similar things in recent months as well.

As I said in the prayer thread, the sad thing is that these types of false claims take away from the resources that would otherwise be used to investigate true missing persons cases.

There is another student missing from the Ohio State campus. He has been missing for about 6 weeks and there has been no sign of him. When this case came about, people began to speculate on whether something was going on at Ohio State, leading to a "rabbit trail" investigation that proved to be unnecessary because this man (Hiroshi) simply chose to walk away.

I don't mean to sound callous towards someone that obviously has some serious issues to deal with, I just wish he could have found another way to get that help. At any rate, he is now in Tennessee facing charges for filing a false report. I hope that he receives the help he needs while there.

Psalm25Gomer
05-18-2006, 02:50 PM
Sounds similar to the "runaway bride" story last year, except without the wedding...


He was trying to dodge that final exam.:eek: :rolleyes:

Grank
05-19-2006, 08:25 AM
Go Bucks!!

Mugirl04
05-21-2006, 04:46 PM
What some people will do for attention!!!!

kinda sad...
argeed!