Tuesday evening, investigators combed the Timber Ridge Forest Preserve in West Chicago after the girl told authorities that she was walking alone on the trail when a man approached her. She alleged that they exchanged words and he insulted her before stabbing her in the arms and stomach with a kitchen knife.
The teen has now admitted to falsely reporting the crime and fabricating all of the details of the attack, police said. The teen said her injuries were self-inflicted.
The matter will be turned over to the Forest Preserve District's police juvenile department.