Girl, 17, 'pretended she was kidnapped by sex traffickers to hide her pregnancy from her parents'

A teenager pretended she had been kidnapped by sex trafficking gang to avoid telling her parents she was pregnant.

Christina Almanza called her parents and suggested that there was also another girl being held against her will who had been killed.

An Amber Alert was issued for the 17-year-old after she called her parents and claimed she had been abducted.

Lies: Christina Almanza, 17, texted her parents and claimed she was being held against her will by sex traffickers. Her parents promptly called authorities and an Amber Alert was issued

In a series of text messages Almanza allegedly told her parents that she and other females were being imprisoned in a basement and that she believed one of the other females had been killed.

Her parents immediately contacted police who launched a multi agency search, including the FBI and US Marshalls, for the missing teen.

But the abduction was a hoax and police said the teen came up with the idea in an attempt to get sympathy from her family.

Local TV station Fox40 said Alamanza, who has a two year old child, may be pregnant and had been afraid to tell her family.

A family friend said she had hoped the abduction story would win her sympathy from her parents and make them less angry about the pregnancy.

A family friend suggested Almanza may have faked the kidnapping to gain sympathy from her parents as she was pregnant for the second time and was scared to tell them. File photo

Police in Suisun , California, are now considering making Alamanza foot the bill for their search.

Almanza told police that she did not expect law enforcement to get involved in the case when she sent the text messages to her parents.

After the Amber alert was issued last Friday local police, California Highway Patrol and US Marshalls became involved in the search.

Almanza was found unharmed at the house of a man she had been corresponding with on social networking sites.

She later confessed to making up the story about the abduction.

Almanza was arrested on suspicion of filing a false police report and issued a notice to appear before being released to her parents.