Mom in fake abduction case used ex-colleague's ID

[May 28, 2009]  PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Philadelphia-area woman says she gave her ID to a former co-worker to fix office paperwork without knowing of her plans to fake her abduction and fly with her daughter to Florida.

Jillian Jenkinson said Thursday on CBS' "The Early Show" that Bonnie Sweeten's request to use her identification to fix a discrepancy on her 401(k) "seemed innocent."

Jenkinson says she had worked with Sweeten for nine years, but didn't specify where they had worked together.

Sweeten and her 9-year-old daughter were taken into custody Wednesday night at an Orlando hotel.

In frantic 911 calls on Tuesday, Sweeten said she and her daughter had been abducted by two men in broad daylight and claimed she was stuffed into the trunk of a car.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Philadelphia-area woman says she gave her ID to a former co-worker to fix office paperwork without knowing of her plans to fake her abduction and fly with her daughter to Florida.

Jillian Jenkinson said Thursday on CBS' "The Early Show" that Bonnie Sweeten's request to use her identification to fix a discrepancy on her 401(k) "seemed innocent."

Jenkinson says she had worked with Sweeten for nine years, but didn't specify where they had worked together.

Sweeten and her 9-year-old daughter were taken into custody Wednesday night at an Orlando hotel.

In frantic 911 calls on Tuesday, Sweeten said she and her daughter had been abducted by two men in broad daylight and claimed she was stuffed into the trunk of a car.

[Associated Press; By MARYCLAIRE DALE]

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