Police: Texas teen's story of gang rape by black men was a hoax

A Texas teen, who earlier this month gave police a dramatic account of being abducted and raped by three black men, confessed Tuesday evening that story was a hoax, according to police.

On the evening of March 8, Breana Talbott, 18, entered a Denison, Texas, church bloody and wearing only a shirt, bra and underwear. She was visibly cut and scratched.

Denison police had been frantically searching for the woman for roughly three hours. Sam Hollingsworth, Talbott's fiancé, had called police earlier that evening, at about 5:30 p.m., to report her missing. He said he had found her car in an apartment building parking lot with the door open, and her phone and keys nearby.

When police interviewed Talbott after she was found at the church, she said she had been kidnapped by three "black males" wearing ski masks. She told police they took her to the woods and sexually assaulted her.

Police searched the wooded area where she said she was assaulted. There they said they recovered clothing and other "personal effects" belonging to Talbott.

Her story unraveled quickly from there.

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