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Mom admits to “Balloon Boy” hoax: court record

According to a copy of a search warrant affidavit posted on the website of Fort Collins newspaper “The Coloradoan,” Mayumi told investigators she and her husband lied to authorities and knew their son Falcon was at home as rescue teams tracked the balloon believing the boy was inside.

“The motive for the fabricated story was to make the Heene family more marketable for future media interest,” the affidavit states.

The document also says the Heenes, who had starred in the reality television show “Wife Swap,” had devised the hoax about two weeks before and had instructed their three children to lie to authorities and the media.

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