Fla. Cops: Wife Faked Own Abduction to Scam Hubby

[Elmore Furth]

I smell a made for TV drams.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 6, 2009
Filed at 3:30 p.m. ET

PONTE VEDRA, Fla. (AP) -- Police say they have an audiotape that disproves a 37-year-old housewife's claims that she was abducted from her posh Florida beach community by a 25-year-old mechanic.

''There are three men holding me right now and they want $50,000 cash,'' Gray wrote. ''Do not do anything stupid. NO COPS!''

Authorities say the 25-year-old mechanic charged with trying to extort thousands from Gray's husband wasn't her captor -- but her accomplice and lover. Her husband, however, has stuck by his wife's side.

The ordeal began the night of Sept. 4, when Gray's husband, 38-year-old Reid Gray, discovered his wife's note from his wife at their $4 million seaside mansion.

Fla. Cops: Wife Faked Own Abduction to Scam Hubby