New York Post

'Cancer fake' for free rent 'lied' to NJ family

- By AMANDA WOODS

A New Jersey woman tricked a family into believing that she had brain cancer — while she crashed at their home for more than a month, according to police and a new report.

Kiley White, of Galloway, preyed on the kindness of the Evans family in Egg Harbor Township for about five straight weeks, until she was busted last week, Linda Evans told NBC 10 Philadelph­ia.

“All night long, she would be moaning and groaning and I would be massaging her legs,” she said. “Every day was just like she has one more day to live.”

“It was all lies — all lies,” she added. “And I just want this girl exposed.”

White, 26, was arrested last Thursday and charged with theft by deception and harassment, local police said. She met the Evans family via a mutual friend in early June, the station reported. When White claimed she had nowhere to stay due to a traumatic family history, the couple took her in.

White (pictured above) would leave the couple’s home nearly every day — claiming that she was visiting a hospital in Philadelph­ia — but the family believes she instead spent the time baby-sitting and working at a local restaurant, according to the report.

Police also determined that White pretended to be other people as well, including her own hospice nurse.

White showed the family text messages with medical instructio­ns that she claimed were from her “nurse.”

“It’s just amazing that someone could come up with that elaborate of a story and have verificati­ons along the way,” Steve Evans told NBC 10.

The family contacted police after their relatives became suspicious and discovered White was using similar tactics in the Pittsburgh area, according to the report.

Egg Harbor police confirmed that White pulled similar acts in both Pennsylvan­ia and New Jersey, but had never been charged with a crime. On each occasion, she received services and goods from her scam victims, cops said.

Evans family members told NBC 10 they spent nearly $1,000 on White — but they were also emotionall­y hurt by her actions.

“I was shaken, totally shaken to my core,” Linda Evans told the station. “Because here I loved a girl that never existed and gave everything.”

“She needs help,” the woman added. “She needs serious help.”

White declined to comment when approached by an NBC 10 reporter at a Galloway Township home where she was staying.

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