The Denver Post28%
2 girls missing from Arapahoe County last seen Wednesday 7%
By Lauren Penington14%
8/2/2026, 4:05:46 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Framing Effect, and Loss Aversion, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 23.6% saturation with 39 hits. Analysis detected 141 faulty-reasoning hits from 165 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 18% and a BS Rank of 7% (23,968 of 25,563 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 93.80% of the article peer group.
Law enforcement is searching for two girls last seen Wednesday in Centennial, according to alerts from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
Auraelia Garcia, 11, and 14-year-old Paityn Maul were last seen late Wednesday night in the 5300 block of South Truckee Court in Centennial, according to investigators.
They are believed to be with each other, according to alerts from CBI.
Auraelia is described as a 5-foot, 120-pound girl with brown hair and brown eyes, according to her alert.
She was last wearing a black hoodie and black pants.
Paityn is described as a 4-foot-11-inch, 120-pound girl with brown hair and blue eyes, her alert stated.
She was last wearing a black hoodie and black shorts.
Anyone who sees the two girls is asked to contact the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office at 303-795-4711.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
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Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
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Burden of Proof
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Biased Writer Voice
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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165 words analyzed.
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