Federal prosecutors said Dawn Walker had a checklist to help with her own and her son’s staged disappearance. FOX13
A Canadian mother is accused of going through extraordinary lengths to avoid a custody dispute by faking the deaths of herself and her son, stealing a friend’s identity, and then fleeing to the United States.
Walker faces charges of aggravated identity theft, a felony, and possession of false identification documents, a misdemeanor. The items included a blanket on the ground, a purse with ID, and a broken fishing pole lying halfway in the water.The ID matched Walker and authorities originally suspected foul play. They later suspected the mother and son were swept away by a current and died but continued to offer a $10,000 reward for information on their whereabouts.
"The defendant kidnapped her own child and fled to the United States," prosecutors said in court documents. "The elaborate scheme she engaged in was designed for one purpose – to avoid the law and not be found.""I left Saskatoon because I feared for my safety and that of my son," Walker said in a written
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