and her parents were not aware!WTF?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0508260251aug26,1,6836162.storyDid Sgt. Dan Kennings die in Iraq? Not really.
Did Sgt. Dan Kennings even exist? Well, no.
So who was that little girl writing the letters?
By Ofelia Casillas, David Heinzmann and Rex W. Huppke
Tribune staff reporters
Published August 26, 2005
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Word that Sgt. Dan Kennings had been killed in Iraq crushed spirits in the Daily Egyptian newsroom. The stocky, buzz-cut soldier befriended by students at the university newspaper was dead, and the sergeant's little girl--a precocious, blond-haired child they'd grown to love--was now an orphan.
They all knew that Kodee Kennings' mother had died when Kodee was about 5. The little girl's fears and frustrations about her father being in harm's way had played out on the pages of the Daily Egyptian for nearly two years, in gut-wrenching letters fraught with misspellings, innocent observations and questions about why Daddy wasn't there to chase the monsters from under her bed.
It turns out Daddy didn't exist. And neither did Kodee.
OH AND HERE IS THE HALF ASS ATTEMPT TO FORWARD THE STORY BY AP WHAT A LOAD OF HORSESHIT CRAP!
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW THE TRUTH TURNS TO BULLSHIT TAKE A LOOK! OFFENSIVE....
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBNWD4WUCE.htmlIllinois Student Newspaper Says It Was Duped by Elaborate Hoax; Girl Posed as Serviceman's Child
According to the title from AP this is about the student paper and not that someone used a child for devious purposes. The freedom of the press is really to say whatever the hell they want....
Sorry a bit of a rant I HATE this crap.