Colo Prosecutor: Cancer Fake May Not Violate Law

The story began circulating in October: A boy with leukemia had moved with his family to spend his final days in the Colorado mountains.

The Eagle Valley High School team in Gypsum drew inspiration from the tale and dedicated a game to the 9-year-old boy known as Alex. A radio station took up the cause, and a Facebook page bearing his picture drew more than 1,000 followers.

However, the story began to unravel when he failed to show up at the game, and the woman spreading the story said he suffered a seizure and could not attend. It wasn't long before she said he had died.

She submitted an obituary to local media, but no one could find a death certificate, The Vail Daily (http://tinyurl.com/b5dl9jv) reported.

Police are now calling the story a hoax and investigating whether it violated any laws.

"This story just shows the best of human nature and the worst of human nature," said Holli Snyder, general manager of NRC Broadcasting, parent company of KSKE, which broadcast the story.

Authorities are trying to determine if the 22-year-old woman who spread the story collected any money from the hoax, Eagle County District Attorney Mark Hurlbert said Thursday.

So far, they haven't found any evidence that she did.

"It hinges on whether any money was taken," Hurlbert said about the possibility of charges.

The woman has not been identified by authorities. The photo of the boy was traced to a Kids Cancer Crusade website and turned out to a South African boy who is still alive.

People told the newspaper they felt guilty about perpetuating the hoax but proud about the way the community came together to support a child and make his final days happy ones.

"This story took my heart," said disc jockey Jordon Lyles, who played songs dedicated to Alex at a fall festival. "We are all just good people, when it comes right down to it."

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Caruso by Luciano Pavarotti

Caruso (Te voglio bene assai) English translation: Here, where the sea shines and the wind howls, on the old terrace beside the gulf of Sorrento, a man embraces a girl after the tears, then clears his throat and continues the song: I love you very much very, very much, you know; it is a chain by now that heats the blood inside the veins, you know... He saw the lights out on the sea, thought of the nights there in America, but they were only the fishermen's lamps and the white wash astern. He felt the pain in the music and stood up from the piano, but when he saw the moon emerging from a cloud, death also seemed sweeter to him. He looked the girl in the eyes, those eyes as green as the sea. Then suddenly a tear fell and he believed he was drowning. I love you very much, very, very much, you know; it is a chain by now that heats the blood inside the veins, you know... The power of opera, where every drama is a hoax; with a little make-up and with mime you can become someone else. But two eyes that look at you, so close and real, make you forget the words, confuse your thoughts, so everything becomes small, also the nights there in America. You turn and see your life through the white wash astern. But, yes, it is life that ends and he did not think much about it, on the contrary, he already felt happy and continued his song: I love you very much, very, very much, you know; it is a chain by now that heats the blood inside the veins, you know...

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