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Over nearly two years, the Daily Egyptian told the story of a precocious little girl whose mother was dead and whose father was fighting in Iraq.
Members of the newspaper staff befriended the girl known as Kodee Kennings and she was given an occasional column in the DE. The column, at times funny and at times heart-rending, talked about her father in the military, her fears about monsters under her bed and her life with her guardian, Colleen Hastings.
None of it was true.
The Daily Egyptian and its readers were taken in by a bizarre, elaborate hoax.
There was no Kodee Kennings. There was no Colleen Hastings. And there was no father named Dan Kennings in Iraq.
Edit: Another take on the whole mess.
Members of the newspaper staff befriended the girl known as Kodee Kennings and she was given an occasional column in the DE. The column, at times funny and at times heart-rending, talked about her father in the military, her fears about monsters under her bed and her life with her guardian, Colleen Hastings.
None of it was true.
The Daily Egyptian and its readers were taken in by a bizarre, elaborate hoax.
There was no Kodee Kennings. There was no Colleen Hastings. And there was no father named Dan Kennings in Iraq.
Edit: Another take on the whole mess.
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