We were chasing this story all day long, the mods and Nifty. I, for one, am exhausted. I wanted to say something to the people who cared and prayed for a poor mother who lost a child but who didn't even exist:
Do not feel that you did anything wrong by caring for a fellow human being who seemed to be having a rough go of it. This was a very complex little set of lies, complete with text messages to unsuspecting BYC members. It's not on you, it's on the perpetrator. No one need feel stupid or gullible. You cared. Nothing wrong with that. One person expressed their suspicions to us and we took it from there. It turned into something no one could have predicted. You are wonderful, caring, compassionate folks.
BTW, Jordan knows now. We've been emailing today.