Family and Friends Are Puzzled by Bethany Storro's Acid Attack Hoax?
Bethany Storro before and after the acid attack.
The revelation that Bethany Storro was not attacked but instead splashed acid in her own face has left her community shocked and saddened with disbelief, and the hoax has left some angry.
"It makes me sick. I don't understand why would anyone need attention that badly?" said Vancouver, Wash., resident Marjorie Donovan.
Vancouver Police announced Thursday that 28-year-old Storro had fabricated the Aug. 30 attack that left her severely burned and garnered media attention worldwide -- including an invitation to appear on Oprah Winfrey's talk show.
"I'm shocked," was all that Pamela Storro, Storro's former mother-in-law, would say of her former daughter-in-law's alleged confession. Earlier this week she told ABC News that rumors that the acid attack was a hoax were "insane" and that there was "no way" her former daughter-in-law would do this to herself....