Jessica Lynn Good is a no good mother . In Enid, Oklahoma, Jessica Good was arrested for tricking strangers out of thousands of dollars to help take care of her 4-year-old daughter. According to Good, her daughter had been suffering from cancer for four years and sought out help for medical treatment. Good set up several GoFundMe accounts and posted several pleas on Facebook. The 34-year-old mother of four received over $20,000 in donations for her daughter. She received $12,000 from a golf outing fundraiser, $3,100 from a local photography studio, $5,000 from the Oakwood Christian Church, and much more. According to Good, her daughter was critically ill from birth. The lies included a tumor that was removed from her daughter’s brain as a baby, lymphoma diagnosis, seizures and stem cell research, a nut allergy, cerebral palsy, and the heart transplant waiting list. In mid-July, the Enid Police Department opened an investigation after an associate pastor there reported a possible fraud. Police talked to community members who shared the pastor’s uneasiness, and then they talked to the little girl’s doctors. Records showed no evidence of lymphoma. “Nothing indicated that the child was being treated for cancer or had cancer,” Capt. Jack Morris with the Enid Police Department told local TV station News 9. According to court documents obtained by the Enid News, Good eventually admitted to Enid police that her elaborate tale — which had apparently fooled even her husband and children — was entirely a lie. She told police she used her cellphone to post the faulty Facebook messages and create the GoFundMe accounts, the newspaper reported. On it, she would check the balances of her fraudulent accounts and pocket the money she had coerced from oblivious donors. Alongside her lawyer, Good appeared in court Friday on three felony counts of obtaining money or property by false pretense for charitable or benevolent purposes and another felony charge of child abuse, reported the Enid News. Good made arrangements to post her $2,500 bond Friday afternoon, according to the newspaper. She turned herself in to police earlier in the day. It was unclear from media reports if she entered a plea. (via Washington Post) Good is due back in court September 26. For those who donated to Good via GoFundMe, the crowdfunding site has banned the campaign creator and will be refunding to all the donors upon request.
