Bethany Storro Used Acid Attack Donations for Computer, Shopping Spree
Bethany Storro wanted to either die or get a new face.
Sept. 21, 2010 — -- The woman who faked an acid attack on her face wanted to kill herself or cause such severe deformities that she could warrant getting an entirely new face, according to court documents.
"When I realized it wasn't killing me, I thought maybe this was the answer to all my problems," 28-year-old Bethany Storro said in her statement to police, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by ABC News. "To have a completely different face."
Storro, who now faces charges of second-degree theft for accepting donations in the wake of the fake acid attack, is believed to have spent several thousand dollars given to her for her recovery on a shopping spree at Target and a new computer.
Storro had originally told police that a stranger had splashed acid in her face during a random attack on Aug. 30, causing facial deformities that required lengthy surgeries.
But the court documents reveal that even Storro's surgeon was skeptical of the attack, telling investigators that her injuries did not reflect being splashed by acid.
"Storro's facial skin seemed to be burned, but it was an even pattern over her face. It did not appear to be a splashing injury," wrote Det. Wallis Stefan in the affidavit. "It seemed to have a mud-mask, or cosmetically applied mask, appearance to it."
Stefan said Storro had "no injuries to her neck, hands, or upper chest area that may have been indicative of having chemical splashed on her face."
The detective also compared Storro's account to other acid attacks that had occurred around the same time across the country and found no similarities among the cases.
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