Charge dropped in case of alleged false rape claim
News-Leader.com - Springfield,MO,USA

A Greene County woman who spurred panic by submitting an allegedly false rape claim will not face consequences.

Prosecutors today dismissed a misdemeanor charge of making a false report against Karla M. Forest, 29, finding there was not sufficient evidence to prove the woman’s tale was fake...

...Finally, in July 2008, prosecutors filed charges against Forest, alleging she’d injured herself, undressed and bound her hands and feet with duct tape before calling police. No motive was given.

Assistant Greene County Prosecutor Jill Patterson, who filed the dismissal, said there was probable cause to believe Forest submitted a false report, but not evidence to prove the matter beyond a reasonable doubt...

...The sheriff was disappointed to hear of the dropped charge this afternoon.

“In many ways it is a travesty that it did not get before the courts to make a decision,” Arnott said. “We know suspects lie all the time, but when we have to figure out if the victim is lying, that’s more frustrating.”...

(Shouldn't that be "alleged" victim?)