Report: No credible threats against teen

ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 15 (UPI) -- A Florida Department of Law Enforcement report said investigators did not find any credible threats against a Muslim teen who converted to Christianity.

Fathima Rifqa Bary told investigators she would become the victim of an "honor killing" by her parents in Ohio because of her conversion. She had sought refuge in Florida.

The report, released Monday, said the runaway considered thousands of locations across the country where she could seek refuge, the Orlando Sentinel reported Tuesday. Orlando was her "primary planned sanctuary," and where the girl fled in July.

The department's "inquiry to date has failed to reveal any evidence of a conspiracy to commit, solicitation to commit, attempt or other efforts to commit any such action or other violence against her," the seven-page report said.

The summary included interviews with Ohio school officials, the teen's father, who denies threatening his daughter; and with Brian Williams, who baptized her and helped her get to Florida.

The 17-year-old girl said she left her Columbus, Ohio, home because she feared she would be hurt or killed by her Muslim family because she converted to Christianity. She stayed with a Central Florida family for more than two weeks before a judge placed her in foster care.

She identified only her father as having threatened her verbally or physically, the report said.