Blogger sorry for lying about sick baby
A suburban blogger says she's sorry for duping Internet readers with a hoax in which she claimed to be pregnant with a terminally ill child.
Twenty-six-year-old Beccah Beushausen of Mokena posted a lengthy apology on her blog Sunday.
She's admitted concocting a story about carrying her child to term rather than having an abortion because of her Christian faith. Her Web site attracted nearly a million hits, and people offered to pray for her.
Last week, she said she'd given birth and posted photos. But a follower recognized the infant as a doll.
Beushausen says she started lying because she's struggling with unresolved pain, but offered few specifics.
A woman who answered the phone at a number listed for Beushausen's mother declined comment Monday.
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