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• Bonnie Sweeten and her nine-year-old daughter Julia Rakoczy, of Philadelphia, were initially believed to be the victims of a carjacking on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Sweeten, age 38, called 911 and said she was forced into the trunk of a Cadillac by two black males, and that Rakoczy was still in the carjacked GMC Yukon Denali. Police issued an Amber Alert for the girl.Philadelphia Inquirer: Suv of Missing Mother and Daughter Found (May 27, 2009)

  On the following evening, however, mother and daughter were found at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida and taken into police custody.Salon.com: DA: Missing Pa. mom, girl found at Disney World (May 27, 2009) Authorities had been alerted hours earlier when the pair were identified on surveillance video boarding an Orlando-bound plane at Philadelphia International Airport.FOX News: Report: Missing Mother, Daughter in Custody (May 27, 2009) On May 29, in an Orlando hearing that lasted less than a minute, Sweeten was extradited back to Pennsylvania where she will stand trial.Philadelphia.com: Woman in Disney abduction hoax to return to Pa. (May 29, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Age: 38 years old in 2009
  2. Description: 5' 11", 130 lbs, blonde hair and blue eyesPhiladelphia Inquirer: Suv of Missing Mother and Daughter Found (May 27, 2009)
  3. Spouse: Richard Larry Sweeten
  4. Resides in Feasterville, Pennsylvania
  5. Alleged victim of a carjacking and kidnapping on Tuesday, May 26, 2009
  6. Daughter, nine-year-old Julia Rakoczy, also "kidnapped"
  7. Called 911 and said she was forced into the trunk of a black 1990s CadillacPhiladelphia Inquirer: Suv of Missing Mother and Daughter Found (May 27, 2009)
  8. Was driving a silver GMC Yukon Denali
  9. Denali was found on at about 1: 30 a.m. in Philadelphia, May 27, 2009
  10. Supposed carjacking occurred after an accident in Upper Southampton Township, Bucks County
  11. Suspects had been identified as "two black males"Philadelphia Inquirer: Suv of Missing Mother and Daughter Found (May 27, 2009)
  12. Sweeten and Rakoczy were spotted on video, boarding a flight to Orlando
  13. Mother and daughter were found on May 27 at Walt Disney WorldSalon.com: DA: Missing Pa. mom, girl found at Disney World (May 27, 2009)
  14. Both were in police custodySalon.com: DA: Missing Pa. mom, girl found at Disney World (May 27, 2009)
  15. Rokoczy was unharmedSalon.com: DA: Missing Pa. mom, girl found at Disney World (May 27, 2009)
  16. Sweeten will be charged with identity theft and making false reportsSalon.com: DA: Missing Pa. mom, girl found at Disney World (May 27, 2009)

• Julia Rakoczy

  1. Age: 9 years old
  2. Height: 4' 1" tallPhiladelphia Inquirer: Suv of Missing Mother and Daughter Found (May 27, 2009)
  3. Weight: 59 poundsPhiladelphia Inquirer: Suv of Missing Mother and Daughter Found (May 27, 2009)
  4. Long brown hair, blue eyes, dime-sized birthmark on her foreheadPhiladelphia Inquirer: Suv of Missing Mother and Daughter Found (May 27, 2009)

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