The sick daughter who never existed: how Karen Vogel lost $9,400
La hija enferma que nunca existió: cómo perdió $9,400 Karen Vogel
A quiet ceramic pot on a windowsill led to a $9,400 romance scam that unfolded over weeks and a stranger who wasn't who he claimed to be; how did a Brandywine Cross tomato plant become the first clue that Karen Vogel had trusted a fabricated family and sent nearly ten thousand dollars? What did investigators piece together from a profile photo lifted from a forum and a motel parking lot arrest that revealed the scam's architecture?
In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the missing plant noticed on Millhaven Road…
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