Hoaxer pretended to be girl lost 30 years ago Sharon Lee, now 59, lost two-year-old Katrice as they shopped for her birthday party near their Army quarters home in Paderborn, Germany, in 1981. This year Mrs Lee's family were contacted by a woman claiming to be her daughter. A police investigation found it to be a hoax after an investigation by the Royal Military Police (RMP), who found the unidentified woman was not her. The woman, from Bishop Auckland, County Durham, then sent abusive messages to Katrice's mother and to her sister, Natasha. A Durham Police spokesman said yesterday: "Following an allegation of online harassment by the family in the Hampshire area, a harassment warning was issued to a 32-year-old woman from the Bishop Auckland area. The protection from harassment warning was formally issued by ourselves on behalf of the Royal Military Police. Mrs Lee said one of the messages she received said that it was her fault that Katrice had disappeared. She said: "If that hits you in the wrong frame of mind it can be very upsetting." The case of Katrice's disappearance is currently being reviewed by the RMP.