Woman Claiming to Be Related to Teen Who Fell From Ride Has No Ties to Family: Report

ICON Park attractions, The Wheel, left, Orlando SlingShot, middle, and Orlando FreeFall, right, are shown in Orlando, Fla., on March 24, 2022. Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP

Jack Phillips

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3/30/2022|Updated: 4/1/2022

UPDATE: A local news outlet reported that Shay Johnson has no ties to the family.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said Tyre Sampson’s mother told detectives she doesn’t know who Shay Johnson is. And lawyers representing the family told outlet Channel 9 that none of Sampson’s family members know Johnson.

Jack Phillips

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