Prosecutors: Man used new smart phone app to lure girl for sex

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by ERIC WILKINSON / KING 5 News



Posted on October 23, 2013 at 5:07 PM

Updated today at 5:11 PM






The leafy suburban streets of Lake Forest Park aren't the sort of place you think of when it comes to kids being lured by child molesters, but these days they don't need to be on the streets. The pedophiles are being invited right into children's bedrooms via smart phones.

“It's just more opportunity for these people to do bad things to kids,” said Det. Toney Matthews of the Lake Forest Park Police Department.

Opportunity didn't even need to knock at the family home when a 21-year-old man convinced a 12-year-old girl to sneak out her bedroom window and get in his car.

“He drove to the location, was communicating with her, asking for directions. He parked just a little bit away from the house, walked up to the bedroom. He actually helped her out of the window and drove her away,” said Matthews.

The 12-year-old reportedly told the man she was 14.

The two met on the iPhone app "Whisper," where people post personal confessions for others to read and comment on. What makes the app so dangerous, especially for vulnerable, attention seeking children, is that it allows people to search for others near their location. A screen grab taken by police from the girl’s device read like this:

Defendant: you close by?
Victim: Lake Forest Park
Defendant: Wanna cuddle?
Victim: Yeah
Defendant: What's the furthest you want to go?
Victim: Not very far. I'm a virgin

They ended up at a Lynnwood hotel a short time later having sexual relations.

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Prosecutors-Man-used-new-smart-phone-app-to-lure-girl-for-sex-229019041.html

[seabeyond]

1. i am sure she was more mature than her chronological years, and he less mature than

his chronological years, so you see... really, same age.

[regnaD kciN]

2. Yes, an age…

…where no one should be having sex yet!

[PowerToThePeople]

3. why is a 12 y/o on the internet without supervision? n/t