DAVIESS COUNTY, Ind. (WEHT) -- An Owensboro non-profit focused on helping survivors of sexual assault is speaking out after a woman was arrested for making a false report.

"In my lifetime at New Beginnings, and it is going on 3 decades, there have been less than a handful of false reports," says Julie Campbell, the CFO of New Beginnings Sexual Assault Support Services.

Campbell says the outcome of the case was unexpected. The incident happened on August 13th in Whitesville. Kylen Edge told police she was attacked and sexually assaulted by someone she did not know.

After a thorough investigation, the Daviess County Sheriff's Office determined the evidence did not support Edge's claims.

"She did admit that the attack did not occur and that she caused her own injuries and staged the crime

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