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Bethany Storro, Acid-in-the-Face Hoaxtress: Where Is She Now?

Bethany Storro was just one of a host of people who momentarily grabbed the spotlight in 2010 and dominated a news cycle or two while getting their 15 minutes of fame. In this series, AOL News is checking in on 25 of these newsmakers and giving them a 16th minute. Rick Bowmer, AP Bethany Storro is undergoing...

'Balloon Boy' Anniversary: Lesson Learned?

(Oct. 14) -- Rewind to one year ago: We watched, transfixed, as a giant silver balloon hurtled across the sky, chased by aircraft and vehicles on the ground. Inside was an undoubtedly terrified 6-year-old boy. The nation held its breath. And then exhaled in a giant sigh of disgust as it slowly became clear the whole...

Woman Pleads Not Guilty in Acid Hoax

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) -- Her face red and blotchy, the woman who splashed acid in her face in what was a bizarre hoax made a brief court appearance Wednesday and was ordered by a judge to live in a mental health facility while she awaits trial. Bethany Storro, 28, has confessed that she made up the story about the facial...

Washington Woman Charged in Acid Attack Hoax

(Sept. 21) -- A Washington state prosecutor said today that it was a simple decision to charge a woman with theft after police said she admitted to fabricating the story of a stranger splashing acid in her face and then collecting $28,000 in donations from the community. Bethany Storro of Vancouver, Wash., was charged...

Acid Attack Hoax Stirs Concerns Over Racial Profiling

(Sept. 17) -- For weeks, police in Vancouver, Wash., searched for the black woman who walked up to Bethany Storro and threw acid in the white woman's face, causing second-degree burns and sending her reeling in pain. Except, there was no attacker. Storro, who told reporters she could hear the acid "bubbling and sizzling"...