A Texas couple who own a ranch that police searched following false information that was provided by a psychic are suing the police and several major news organizations for defamation.
The case began June 6, 2011, when a psychic called police and described a horrific scene of mass murder: dozens of dismembered bodies near a ranch house about an hour outside of Houston, Texas. There were rotting limbs, headless corpses, and, chillingly, many were children in this mass grave they described.
Deputies from the Liberty County Sheriff's office went to investigate
but didn’t see anything amiss. After a second call the following day,
dozens of officials from the Texas Department of Public Safety, the FBI,
and the Texas Rangers were on the scene -- not to mention cadaver dogs,
news helicopters, and gawkers. It all turned out to be a false alarm.
There were no dead bodies; the psychic was wrong (or lying).Read more here!
