For many years, Facebook users have shared a false story about an 11-year-old Montana girl defending herself against an ...

Two illegal aliens, Ralphel Resindez 23 and Enrico Garza 26, probably believed they would easily overpower a home alone 11 year old Patricia Harrington after her father had left their two story home.

Two illegal aliens, Ralphel Resindez, 23, and Enrico Garza, 26, probably believed they would easily overpower home-alone 11-year-old Patricia Harrington after her father had left their two-story home.

The phony story identifies the 11-year-old girl as Patricia Harrington, who shoots and kills the two “illegal aliens” identified as Ralphel Resindez and Enrico Garza.

It hadn't. The story goes like this: Patricia Harrington was home alone in Butte, Mont., when two men, Ralphel Resindez, 23, and Enrico Garza, 26, broke through the front door of her house.

The phony story identifies the 11-year-old girl as Patricia Harrington, who shoots and kills the two "illegal aliens" identified as Ralphel Resindez and Enrico Garza.

A rumor that circulated online in August 2025, in particular on Facebook, claimed an 11-year-old Montana girl named Patricia Harrington stopped a home invasion by fatally shooting two armed immigrants ...