News Report: Rifqa Bary Lied to LE

Central Florida News is reporting today that Rifqa Bary lied to state investigators. You can read the story here.

Investigators found absolutely no credible reports of threats and no “derogatory” information based on the allegations after interviewing her siblings, people at her school and others involved in her life.”

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Rifqa was interviewed by investigators on Aug. 21. She told them she hitchhiked from a neighbor’s house to the Greyhound bus station in Columbus for her trip to Orlando.

It turns out a man who baptized her in Ohio is the one who drove her to the bus station.

Then, investigators learned her bus ticket was actually bought in Orlando under a fictitious name…read more here.

I originally wrote about Rifqa Bary here on August 26, and I shared all the inconsistencies I saw in Bary’s behavior. In a poll on August 24, nearly 30% of those polled either believed or were unable to decide if they believed Bary.

Thanks to everyone who has updated me on the story today.