AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Brazilian woman posed as 11-year-old girl, deceived family for 14 months before arrest
A 38-year-old Brazilian woman spent more than a year living as a fake child inside a couple's home, and her arrest exposed a pattern of similar cons stretching across at least seven states. Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira called herself "Gabriele." She carried a baby bottle, wrapped herself in a comfort blanket, wore heart-print shorts, […] The post Brazilian woman posed as 11-year-old girl, deceived family for 14 months before arrest appeared first on American Almanac .
A 38-year-old Brazilian woman spent more than a year living as a fake child inside a couple's home, and her arrest exposed a pattern of similar cons stretching across at least seven states. Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira called herself "Gabriele." She carried a baby bottle, wrapped herself in a comfort blanket, wore heart-print shorts, and spoke in a baby voice. She avoided eye contact. She told the middle-aged couple who took her in that she was 11 years old, a runaway fleeing an abusive father. They believed her. They gave her a bedroom filled with toys and dolls. They threw her a birthday party when she supposedly turned 12. The con lasted 14 months in Joinville, a city in southern Brazil. It ended on June 2, when police arrived at…Open