Review the Following Case and Answer the Questions Below

Essay

Review the following case and answer the questions below.
In March 2004, Audrey Seiler, a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of Wisconsin, disappeared from her apartment. She was found four days later lying in a marsh. She claimed to authorities that a man had abducted her at knifepoint. Later she was forced to admit staging the whole thing, blaming it on depression brought on by poor grades and a recent break-up with her boyfriend Parmar, 2004).
She was charged with obstructing an investigation.
-If Audrey Seiler had reported this crime to a friend, who then reported it to authorities, could she be charged with false reporting a crime?