Throughout the hoax, Jaimie Reynolds also passed herself off as the twin sister of the fictional "Colleen Hastings" and visited the "Daily Egyptian" newsroom alternating as either Jaimie or "Colleen." Reynolds was a broadcast-journalism student at Southern Illinois University and graduated in 2004, putting her in classes alongside "Daily Egyptian" staff. The hoax unraveled when Reynolds claimed in August 2005 that Kennings had died in Iraq. This news was published in the "Egyptian", leading reporters from the "Tribune" to seek an interview with "Hastings." These reporters became suspicious when Reynolds routed interview requests through Brenner, who had become a close friend of hers. Reynolds and Hadley (as "Hastings" and "Kodee"), along with members of the "Egyptian" staff, attended a memorial service arranged at the local American Legion outpost. After openly weeping at the service, Reynolds and Hadley met with "Tribune" reporters briefly at a restaurant, where they were told that media liaisons at The Pentagon were unable to confirm the existence of Kennings. Reynolds refused to provide any proof of Kennings' existence. Days later, reporters located her at her mother's home in Marion, Illinois, where she admitted to participating in the hoax. Brenner was duped by Reynolds. After numerous articles in the "Chicago Tribune", the Associated Press, the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" and the "Daily Egyptian" itself, it appeared no crime was committed. The parents of Hadley were particularly upset, however and considered a restraining order against Reynolds. Subsequent attempts to contact Reynolds after news of her hoax broke were unsuccessful. Reynolds went so far as to change the identity of her cell-phone voicemail from the fictional "Colleen Hastings" to "Blank Blank." The "Daily Egyptian" subsequently investigated the hoax that had been perpetrated on its own paper. In part due to that investigation, the "Egyptian" won the Illinois College Press Association's General Excellence Award in 2006, as well as first place in the Investigative Reporting category.