An Arkansas teen thought sending a random text message that she 'hid the body' would elicit a few laughs. The message sparked a police investigation instead, WBOY-TV in Clarksburg reported.
The 15-year from northwest Arkansas had blind texted βI hid the body β¦ Now what?β to a police detective.
βJust in the 479 area code, we probably got half a million phone numbers and she just randomly picks the phone number of a Rogers Police Detective,β Rogers Police Officer Keith Foster told CBS affiliate 5 News.
The teen got the idea for the prank from a posting on social media photo site Pinterest.
Police used an emergency phone trace to track her cellphone number.
βNot knowing if the text was a prank or a legitimate text, detective began an investigation into the source of the message,β a news release obtained by Arkansas Online stated.
Police learned the text was a prank after questioning the teen and her father, and released her with a warning, according to reports.