Woman, 19, 'faked her own kidnapping to try and get $600 in ransom money from her father'

  • Abbygail Farley, 19, was arrested for allegedly faking her own kidnapping  
  • Her father reported her missing Monday and received ransom texts on Tuesday
  • One text reportedly asked Mark Farley to pay $600 for his daughter's safe return
  • Another text dropped the ransom to $400 and gave her dad a drop-off location 
  • He called police who discovered his daughter had actually sent the texts 
  • She was then charged with falsely reporting an incident and theft by extortion

Abbygail Farley (pictured), 19, of Kentucky, allegedly faked her own kidnapping to try and get $600 in ransom money from her father

Abbygail Farley (pictured), 19, of Kentucky, allegedly faked her own kidnapping to try and get $600 in ransom money from her father

A 19-year-old Kentucky woman allegedly faked her own kidnapping to try and get $600 in ransom money from her father.  

Abbygail Farley was reported missing by her father, Mark, on Monday, according to the Corbin Police Department. 

On Tuesday, her father received a text messages from her alleged kidnappers who asked for a ransom of $600. 

A short time later, he received another text dropping the ransom down to $400. 

'[He] said he was receiving messages from her phone saying she had been abducted for money because she owed some money,' Lt Coy Wilson told WYMT

The alleged abductors then gave Farley's dad a drop-off location to leave the money. That's when he contacted authorities. 

After her father dropped off the money, police pinged Farley's phone and discovered she had used a text-free app to send ransom notes to her father.  

Authorities later found her staying in an apartment nearby.   

According to WYMT, Farley admitted to police that she made it all up and that she was never in any danger. 

'We think she has a drug problem and that was the reason behind all of this,' Wilson said. 

Farley was arrested and charged with falsely reporting an incident, theft by extortion, theft and disorderly conduct.

She has been placed in the Whitley County Detention Center. 

Farley was reported missing by her father, Mark, on Monday, according to the Corbin Police Department. On Tuesday, her father received a text messages from her alleged kidnappers who asked for a ransom of $600

Farley was reported missing by her father, Mark, on Monday, according to the Corbin Police Department. On Tuesday, her father received a text messages from her alleged kidnappers who asked for a ransom of $600

The alleged abductors then gave Farley's dad a drop-off location to leave the money. That's when he contacted authorities
After her father dropped off the money, police pinged Farley's phone and discovered she had used a text-free app to send ransom notes to her father

The alleged abductors then gave Farley's dad a drop-off location to leave the money. That's when he contacted authorities. After her father dropped off the money, police pinged Farley's phone and discovered she had used a text-free app to send ransom notes to her father