Police have detained a woman who was found wandering the grounds of the Church of Saint Jude in a state of distress.
According to eyewitness reports, the woman appeared hysterical, and did not seem to know where she was.
When police officers showed up at the scene and attempted to offer assistance, she told them that she did not know how she came to wake up on the steps of the church.
The church's senior pastor Father James O'Malley said that he had tried to help the woman, but had to call the police when she grew increasingly hysterical.
"I tried to get her to come into the church so we could talk," said Father O'Malley. "But she wouldn't. Kept asking where she was, who I was, even after I told her."
The woman was eventually detained after police officers attempted to ascertain her identity and found what is believed to be false identification.
According to a police source, the woman was in possession of an identification card issued by a non-existent country.
The woman, whose identity is withheld by authorities, claims to be from "the Republic of Reichenstadt" and insists that her ID is genuine and issued by a real, existing country.
While there have been many cases involving forged or counterfeit documents in Eden over the years, this is the first time local authorities have encountered individuals attempting to pass off pseudo documents as genuine identification.
Pseudo documents comprise a range of documentation which has no legal value and therefore proves neither the identity nor the nationality of an individual.
A pseudo document has the appearance of an existing document, however it is not issued by an existing and legally recognized authority of a given State or Organization recognized under international law.
More as this story develops.
