2nd attack in Edson a hoax: RCMP

Of course the effort spent on the second assault just gave the killer more chance to escape…

EDSON, Alta. -- Residents in this Alberta town are angry after police revealed that a second attack reported on a woman just three days after a local teenager was murdered was in fact a hoax.

The young woman reported that she had been accosted while walking on a trail in east Edson Tuesday afternoon. She gave a detailed description of the alleged attacker, but police said late Friday night there were no "reasonable grounds" to believe the attack occured.

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