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Rerun: The GPO Girl (Samantha Azzopardi)

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Do You Recognize the Girl in the Photo?

Samantha Lindell as a party was born in 1988. In 2013, when she was found in front of the GPO, Samantha was 25 years old. She told police that she was 14-year-old Dakota Johnson who had escaped from her sexually abusive uncle and desperately needed help. The lies started small and mostly harmless, but soon ballooned in scope as Samantha continued to age. Her adoption scheme fell apart when the birth certificate for Emily as aparty was discovered to be a fake. Sammy has been charged with two counts of false representation,. One count of intention to forge documents and one count of contravening directions.

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