True Crime
Social media “mom influencer” convicted of lying about the attempted kidnapping of her kids.
Katie Sorensen was convicted of making a false report about the attempted kidnapping of her children.
A California aspiring social media “mom influencer,” Katie Sorenson, was convicted of fabricating a story about a Latino couple trying to kidnap her children outside a store.
She posted a video in December 2020 alleging that a man and woman tried to kidnap her two children in the parking lot of a Michaels craft store in Petaluma, CA.
“My children were the target of attempted kidnap,” Sorensen says, sitting in her car. “It is weird even to vocalize, but it happened, and I want to share that story with you.”
The videos accrued more than 4 million views before Sorensen made her account private. Soon, investigators said, it was clear Sorensen’s account wasn’t meshing with the evidence. Security footage from the Michaels did not corroborate her story, and Petaluma police said her retellings had “inconsistencies.” They soon cleared the couple, Sadie and Eddie Martinez, of any wrongdoing. Sorensen, meanwhile, took to local TV to repeat her story.
