Crime & Safety
Police: Kidnap Victim Made Up Story
The story of a kidnapping early Monday morning was made up by the victim, police said.
The woman who at first told police she was kidnapped and locked in the trunk of her car and left alongside Route 128 in Wenham early Monday morning is now facing charges that she made up the story, according to Beverly police.
The woman, Maria Brayfield, 24, will be charged by Beverly police with filing a false police report, according to Beverly police Officer Michael Boccuzzi, a department spokesman.
Brayfield was issued a summons just before noon on Monday following an interview with detectives. An arraignment date has not been scheduled in Salem District Court.
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It started at about 3:30 a.m. on Monday when passers-by stopped along Route 128 in Wenham to help out at what they thought was a car crash. But those passers-by heard noise from the rear of the hatchback and broke the back window to let her out.
The woman got out and said she had been kidnapped from her Beverly home and driven there.
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On Monday afternoon, though, Brayfield admitted she made up the story. Boccuzzi said it was not immediately clear what Brayfield's motivation was to allegeldy make up the story.
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