Student returns home after abduction hoax

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ROCKFORD, Minnesota (AP) -- A college student who has been under a doctor's care after staging her own disappearance was back home Thursday.

Audrey Seiler, 20, who attends the University of Wisconsin, spoke with several dozen neighbors Wednesday night after returning from Madison, Wisconsin.

Next-door neighbor Ken Kraft was in the crowd. He told WCCO-AM that Seiler seemed happy to be home after the incident, which drew heavy national media attention.

On Thursday, he, her family and neighbors declined to talk when reporters visited the neighborhood. Keith Seiler, Audrey's father, told two reporters to leave his property when they tried to interview him.

"I wish you would respect other people's privacy," he said. "There's nothing here for you to report on."

None of the Seilers' immediate neighbors answered their doors. And Kraft had hung a sign on his door: "No more reporters please _ We would like our privacy back in the neighborhood. Thanks."

Audrey Seiler disappeared from her apartment in Madison, Wisconsin, March 27 and was found in a nearby marsh on March 31, when she told police a man with a knife and possibly a gun was in the area. Police said her story fell apart under close questioning.

Seiler has been under a doctor's care since police announced the abduction was a hoax. It's still not clear why she did it or where she went.

Authorities said they may have spent $100,000 searching for Seiler and her purported kidnapper. Prosecutors could decide as early as Friday whether to file charges against her.

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[fearfulone]

what a stupid girl...it's not a crime to just leave and not tell anyone...she did not have to make up the story of a kidnapper, she couldve just said that she needed to take off for a while and didnt want to tell anyone...thats not illegal my friends...