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Yeah, I figure it was definitely a fabrication based on what has been uncovered. It certainly did have the feels of one early on but there was no real way to figure things out back then with the little we actually knew of her. She probably thought that it was getting out of hand and that it wouldn't work out, so she felt that a "death" was the easy way out and that the other person would move on better that way than from the truth. I don't think it was the right choice, personally, but despite knowing her on a personal level back then - or at least on a "chatted with them frequently" level I never really had any way of finding out the truth.

I definitely agree that there's far too little in the way of evidence and ways of finding evidence back then. Everything was pretty much taken at face value. After all, several people actually phoned and spoke with Rei. When she died, why would anyone question it? Back then, webcams were rare so if a person posted a photo and voice file or even spoke personally to someone, why WOULD you doubt it?

However, in this day and age of social media, reverse image searching and archiving, it has become much easier to investigate details. With everything that has thus far come to light, such as the lack of a Rei Ling Wei or Tiffany Lowell at Morrison's Academy, as well as a lack of any social media presence from her or ANY of her family members (I mean, sure there are people that still don't have Facebook now but a WHOLE FAMILY) plus the fact that there is no record of a accident happening in the specified area at any point in 2004 and no public death record, I think it's pretty much definite that Rei/Tiffany did not exist.

In my mind, there is no doubt on that aspect of the story. The evidence is overwhelming. The question that remains is, as I've stated earlier in this thread: Why did they do it, and why have they let people mourn them for 14 years?