[Ispy4u]

I'm often wrong, but I just can't help it when I read about something happening in real life that sounds like it came from a soap opera. Know what I mean?

[Catspaw]

You may want to read the story before you describe it as a "soap opera." Stranger abductions are rare, but they do happen.

Making allegations the boyfriend did it when they were a minimum of 300 miles apart just makes you sound silly.

[JennysCool]

I smell boyfriend involvement, too.

[beezdotcom]

I'm often wrong, but I just can't help it when I read about something happening in real life that sounds like it came from a soap opera. Know what I mean?

I've been that way ever an incident in the news when I was a child. A kid died from eating poisoned "Pixie Stix" Halloween candy, and it raised a big scare about strangers poisoning the treats. As it turns out, the father did it to collect the insurance money. Since then, I've always made the cynical assumption about any news stories I hear.

At least the Elizabeth Smart case didn't come out the way I predicted...