Two women arrested after faking child’s disappearance to get out of custody agreement, police say

Cailin Doyle (left) and Karinna Robertson (right) were arrested after investigators say they hid 8-year-old Cadence Doyle overnight, triggering a large-scale search - (Williamson County Jail)

What began as a frantic search for a missing eight-year-old quickly unraveled into a wild goose chase that sent dozens of law enforcement officers and K9 teams scrambling across a Texas community for what turned out to be a staged disappearance.

Cailin Larissa Doyle, 43, reported her daughter Cadence Doyle missing late Friday night, telling authorities the child had run away from their Round Rock home. But detectives found her report to be “suspicious and questionable,” according to a Williamson County Sheriff’s Office press release.