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She dropped out, citing a cancer diagnosis.

James says Allison told him she couldn't afford her treatments.

She asked him for money.

Like you weren't jumping to say, I'll give you the money.

So after this whole, like, asking for money for cancer, you decide to do a search.

And what did you find?

Hundreds?

One of those people on Facebook was a woman named Kate Elliott.

Kate first met Allison at a church in Peoria's East Bluff neighborhood.

They were both volunteering to help plan a community fundraiser.

Was she new to town at this point?

Okay, so how did she even hear about it?

There were flyers passed out through the neighborhood, and there is a Facebook page that also asks, you know, if you have any ideas for a fundraiser.

You know, we're all meeting at a church.

Her idea was a concert.

Yes.

She wanted to call it the East Bluff Jamboree.

She came in and said that she had connections and she was going to have Nellie, Brad Paisley, and Gwen Stefani come to our little 250-seat amphitheater.

Kate knew immediately that it sounded too good to be true.

Allison started talking about, and Brad Paisley's going to be from this time to this time and Nellie from this time to this time.