Her photos and videos made me sad ... she is 15 ....
This almost happened to my then-thirteen-year-old daughter. Fortunately, my ex-husband and I found out that the predator (an 18-year-old male) was on his way to meet her -they had met online- just a few hours he was due to arrive at the train station just a couple of miles down the road from my ex's house. LE were absolutely fantastic. They went to pick him up at the station, but -sadly- my daughter had already given the dude a heads-up, so he had gotten off the train a couple of stations away.
By the time LE tracked him down back to his state, he had just been arrested for breaking and entering, firearm larceny, etc. He was sentenced to a year in jail and supervised probation of 20 years.
My daughter hasn't even spoken to this guy since Nov. '15, yet -again, sadly- she is still obsessed with him. A week ago Thursday, she decided to check his status on vinelink, and it said he had been "transferred." My thought at the time was, "Well, he is scheduled for release in a month, so maybe he is in a court-ordered drug treatment program or something." My daughter seemed to be satisfied with that at the time.
Well, it kept bugging me, so though thinking, "No way," I decided to look him up on vinelink for our state, and there he was, in our county jail. I called my ex right away, then the detective, and finally the victims' advocate. He had been charged with four felonies and a misdemeanor in our state -stemming out of his relationship with my daughter- and extradited to our state. Due to the nature of the charges, he is looking at some serious prison time here.
My daughter just found this out last night via another vinelink search, and just about lost her mind (she suffers from a number of mental health conditions). Her position is he shouldn't be held responsible at all and wants him out of jail right away ... sigh.
My apologies for the long post, and I certainly do not mean to take the focus away from CAB. The point I would like to make here is that the victims (and I do consider them victims whether they are willing participants or not) in these types of cases may not face legal consequences, but they do face serious, long-term emotional and psychological implications.
I pray that CAB is found quickly and unharmed.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Jessmensch/status/860149814004256769
CAB's mom says in suspect is CAB's boyfriend.
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"Mom of CAB says she thinks Bottoms left voluntarily. 1 of suspects is Bottoms' boyfriend, mom says. Family still worried @WFMY"
(BBM)
Of course the family is worried. Their precious daughter is missing along with two adult males.
Truly thoughtless and downright reckless on the part of the [so called] reporter. It does nothing to help find CAB or bring the suspects into custody; it only perpetuates the sentiment that somehow CAB and her family brought this onto themselves. Deja vu of the Tad Cummins case.
Their time would be better spent trying to find photos of the suspects ...smh.
HOLY COW! You're doing a great job considering what you are up against.... a very independent and strong willed teenager. My fear is that she will fall prey to yet another predator, so even though you are probably exhausted, please keep on top of her online access. No doubt she will begin sneaking around with technology at other people's houses (friends) as she gets more sophisticated. I'm sorry.Her photos and videos made me sad ... she is 15 ....
This almost happened to my then-thirteen-year-old daughter. Fortunately, my ex-husband and I found out that the predator (an 18-year-old male) was on his way to meet her -they had met online- just a few hours he was due to arrive at the train station just a couple of miles down the road from my ex's house. LE were absolutely fantastic. They went to pick him up at the station, but -sadly- my daughter had already given the dude a heads-up, so he had gotten off the train a couple of stations away.
By the time LE tracked him down back to his state, he had just been arrested for breaking and entering, firearm larceny, etc. He was sentenced to a year in jail and supervised probation of 20 years.
My daughter hasn't even spoken to this guy since Nov. '15, yet -again, sadly- she is still obsessed with him. A week ago Thursday, she decided to check his status on vinelink, and it said he had been "transferred." My thought at the time was, "Well, he is scheduled for release in a month, so maybe he is in a court-ordered drug treatment program or something." My daughter seemed to be satisfied with that at the time.
Well, it kept bugging me, so though thinking, "No way," I decided to look him up on vinelink for our state, and there he was, in our county jail. I called my ex right away, then the detective, and finally the victims' advocate. He had been charged with four felonies and a misdemeanor in our state -stemming out of his relationship with my daughter- and extradited to our state. Due to the nature of the charges, he is looking at some serious prison time here.
My daughter just found this out last night via another vinelink search, and just about lost her mind (she suffers from a number of mental health conditions). Her position is he shouldn't be held responsible at all and wants him out of jail right away ... sigh.
My apologies for the long post, and I certainly do not mean to take the focus away from CAB. The point I would like to make here is that the victims (and I do consider them victims whether they are willing participants or not) in these types of cases may not face legal consequences, but they do face serious, long-term emotional and psychological implications.
I pray that CAB is found quickly and unharmed.
Here is her Facebook but a search of her friends shows no indication of suspects but she has several photos of her with what appears to be different adult black males https://www.facebook.com/cassidy.ann.948
About CAB, could her "boyfriend" be her pimp? That's usually what the girls claim when they've been indoctrinated into the sex trafficking system. By viewing her FB, she does seem quite demonstrative in this regard. Her live videos made me feel really sad and I wonder what kind of home life she has that she would have this sort of need in her life.
What can be done to stop this repeating itself after they find her?
Her Facebook has at least one picture that, in my opinion, is child *advertiser censored*. It is very sad that she is doing this and the pic is still up.
Thank you so much for your kind words, philosopher. Ditto to you: Your compassion and thoughtfulness come through in your posts.I always enjoy your posts. I'm so sorry to hear you battle with this but it looks like you're on top of it. I don't have kids yet, but plan to be a mother one day. I can't imagine what you go through.
It looks like this case hits home to you and I look forward to your insights here.
Hoping CAB comes home safely:heartbeat:
PS - Why does she look so different in all of her pics??? ugh.
Her FB makes me sad
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Thank you so much for your kind words, philosopher. Ditto to you: Your compassion and thoughtfulness come through in your posts.
As to what happened to my daughter, I feel very much conflicted at the moment. I want the individual held fully responsible for what he has done, so that he cannot do this to anyone else. His charges include Accosting, enticing or soliciting child for immoral purpose (... this makes me so sad ... and yes, LE got a lot of "stuff" off her cell phone ...), Recruiting, inducing, soliciting, or coercing minor to commit felony, and credit card fraud: The last two stem from the fact that my daughter gave him her father's credit card information, with which he purchased Amtrak tickets -Business Class, no less-, so that he could travel across multiple states to come meet my daughter in person; he also asked her for my ex's social security number, but she didn't know where to find it ... whew.
At the same time, I really don't want my daughter exposed to much of this, if any. I am attending his pre-exam conference tomorrow, and also meeting with the victims' advocate, mainly to find out how much input and level of cooperation the prosecutor is expecting from her. She has already made it clear to me and my ex she has no intention of testifying on behalf of the prosecution, and if forced, she will say he did nothing wrong. When it comes to this guy, all reasoning and logic go out the window for my daughter.
This experience has really made me realize every case and situation is different. I have always been someone who gets mad hearing that the victim in a rape case is refusing to press charges, for example. I am not so sure any more: Who am I to judge when I don't know the whole story?
Anyway, back to CAB! I hope that as soon as I hit the "Submit Reply" button, I will see "FOUND SAFE"!
HOLY COW! You're doing a great job considering what you are up against.... a very independent and strong willed teenager. My fear is that she will fall prey to yet another predator, so even though you are probably exhausted, please keep on top of her online access. No doubt she will begin sneaking around with technology at other people's houses (friends) as she gets more sophisticated. I'm sorry.
:grouphug:
About CAB, could her "boyfriend" be her pimp? That's usually what the girls claim when they've been indoctrinated into the sex trafficking system. By viewing her FB, she does seem quite demonstrative in this regard. Her live videos made me feel really sad and I wonder what kind of home life she has that she would have this sort of need in her life.
What can be done to stop this repeating itself after they find her?