Wyandotte teen may have faked triplet pregnancy

A 16-year-old girl is being investigated for possibly faking a triplet pregnancy, according to Richard Weise, a detective with the Wyandotte police department.

The case was brought to police attention on August 27 by the girl's parents, Weise told USA TODAY Network. He declined to release the teen's name.

"The daughter's story wasn't adding up and they tried to get her to the hospital to confirm whether she was pregnant or not," Weise said. The teen refused to go to a doctor and the parents ultimately called the police to intervene.

There's no question that the girl is not pregnant, but the police are investigating whether she was pregnant at some point in the process, he said.

The girl allegedly used a fake pregnancy belly and sonogram images from a website called FakeABaby.com to mislead her 16-year-old boyfriend and their families into believing she was pregnant with triplets for 10 months, according to WJBK. FakeABaby.com claims to be used for gags and pranks, but supplies people with everything they might need to imitate a real pregnancy.

Weise confirmed the teen had access to FakeABaby.com, but could not confirm whether the 16-year-old purchased items from the site.

According to WJBK, family members of the teen's boyfriend said sonogram images of the triplets matched ones available for purchase.

"Down to baby A, baby B, baby C, the placements of the babies - they're the exact same," Tracy Matthews, an aunt of the teen's boyfriend told WJBK. "You can put them side by side and the only difference you're going to see is that she used a fake doctor that doesn't exist."

The teen had received baby gifts and support after people learned of her alleged pregnancy, according to Weise. Her family plans to return all of the gifts to the people that gave them.

"They want to do everything to make this go away," he said. "They are trying to make it right. They are going to pay the people back. They will not retain anything as a result of this."

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