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In reply to the discussion: UPDATE: Eight Arrested After Teen Snatched at Dallas Mavericks Game [View all]haele
(15,698 posts)13. A 15 year old can be easy to lure. Either by threats, or by pretending
To be someone official saying she won something and they were going to take her to get ready for a half-time or break event, or there was something wrong with her dad, or something like that.
Especially if the teen has been raised to be obedient or otherwise sheltered.
The group probably scoped out out likely kids that were at the game and picked her because she was there only with her father, instead of with siblings, friends, or several family members that could possibly protect her.
I'm glad they were able to rescue her and arrest the gang. Who knows how many other kids they've kidnapped and trafficked.
Haele
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UPDATE: Eight Arrested After Teen Snatched at Dallas Mavericks Game [View all]
Jilly_in_VA
May 2022
OP
I still wish the cops or even her lawyer would release the method by which she was
Liberal In Texas
May 2022
#83
The meth budget must be devastating. No wonder they need to groom teen hookers. /nt
localroger
May 2022
#47
Let's be clear. They don't groom them Most are RAPED, BEATEN, and HELD CAPTIVE.
58Sunliner
May 2022
#84
I was raised mostly by my dad. When we went to movies, ball games or any public outings,
Ziggysmom
May 2022
#40
Word is she had previously agreed to meet her abductor(s) from an online interaction.
Jake97
May 2022
#50
"Word is????" You post a rumor based on nothing??? that the girl initiated this? REALLY?
hlthe2b
May 2022
#58
A DUer was insisting she was the mastermind of her own abduction a couple of days ago.
Scrivener7
May 2022
#72
In January, reports surfaced about abuse at a Texas foster facility for sex-trafficked minors.
Lonestarblue
May 2022
#54