Oklahoma Woman lies about home invasion

HENRYETTA — A woman who reported a home burglary, leading to a major manhunt today, admitted falsifying the story, authorities said.

The 18-year-old woman admitted that the story was false to troopers and police while a polygraph was being given in Okemah about 5:30 p.m., Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. George Brown said.

The woman had reported that a man had broken into her home near Henryetta, jumped from a second-floor window and left southbound from her house about 1:30 p.m. She also gave authorities a description of the supposed intruder, Brown said.

More than 50 law enforcement officers from seven agencies assisted in the manhunt that lasted more than three hours, Brown said. Besides officers on the ground, at least three aircraft and several search dogs could find no evidence of an intruder’s flight.

After the woman admitted to falsifying the story, the patrol left the woman in the custody of local law enforcement, Brown said.

Brown could not say if the woman had been arrested or if she was still in custody.