Madison Police say they have found

inconsistencies in University of Wisconsin sophomore Audrey

Seiler’s story after she admitted she was not abducted from

her apartment. Madison Police are not pursuing an armed suspect

that could have abducted Seiler four days before her finding.

At a press conference Friday afternoon, police

chief Noble Wray said the Madison police department obtained

additional information leading investigators to believe

Seiler’s story was bogus.

“[We believe] Audrey Seiler was not

abducted at knife point,” Wray said at the press conference.

“We do not believe that there is a suspect at large,

period.”

Wray pointed out several

“inconsistencies” in Seiler’s statement about her

abduction from her Regent apartment Saturday morning, and then her

added testimony saying she was not abducted from her apartment but

at the marsh in southern Madison where she was found.

“We are committed and compelled to

investigate all leads,” Wray said, adding it is the police

department’s duty to do so for Seiler herself, her family and

the community.

Wray said it was worth noting Seiler left from

a video surveillanced door at the Regent, where there are at least

two other doors at the residence hall that do not have video

cameras.

Police also said items found at the marsh

– a knife, a roll of duct tape, rope and some cold medicine,

could easily be purchased at a local convenient store. Police added

they have obtained store surveillance tapes dated prior to

Seiler’s disappearance where she reportedly purchased these

items.

A clerk at the Your Open Pantry at 1401 Regent

Street and across the street from the Regent, wished not to be

identified, but said police did seize their security tapes.

“Everything on that list [of items found

at the scene], we have here,” the clerk told the Badger

Herald, adding it is quite possible they were bought at the

convenience store.

Seiler said these objects were used against

her and a doctor at St. Mary’s Hospital said she did not

sustain any noticeable injuries but said she was recovering from

being constrained. Wray countered this by saying the doctor’s

statements were not part of Madison’s ongoing

investigation.

Wray also said there are two witnesses

who’ve seen Audrey walking around Madison, where she told

police she was held against her will. Wray also said that

Seiler’s computer’s history showed a user looked up a

five-day weather forecast, and searched the Internet for

“marshy” and “wooded” areas around Madison

before her disappearance.

The police have also found that her

computer’s log indicates someone or some persons used

Seiler’s computer in her room since Saturday. Though Wray did

not say the police have obtained any evidence Seiler returned to

her Regent apartment, he did says they did not rule it out. Wray

admitted police were not stationed at her personal apartment during

the citywide search for Seiler; and due to the fact some entrances

do not have security cameras, one could slip into the Regent

relatively undetected.

Wray said police are still investigating the

incident, and did not rule out filing charges against Seiler in the

future.

Seiler, though police have debunked her story,

has not “admitted to” lying about an abduction at this

time.

“It’s still too early,” Wray

said. “We have been in contact with the district

attorney.”

Wray did not draw a direct connection to

Seiler’s apparently false story with a February incident

where she reported she was struck in the back of the head, knocked

unconscious and regained composure at a different location.

UW Dean of Students Luoluo Hong released a

statement, stating her commitment and support to Seiler, her family

and friends through this “trying time.”

However, she added students take

responsibility for themselves.

“While we

do not condone the behavior attributed to Audrey by the Madison

Police Department, we fully understand that people communicate

their need for help in many different ways,” Hong said in her

statement.

Hong said all or

any students having problems or feel the need of counseling can use

the numerous resources UW has to offer, including staff in the

dean’s office, academic staff, advisors and house fellows in

the residence halls.