That Nicole had a Mingle profile has me shocked and horrified. I looked at the web page version of it and suddenly one thing I saw on her open Instagram that I was confused about makes sense to me. On that instagram, she posted some pictures on 12/29 of some other of her SM accounts, I assume so people would know how to contact her on them. One picture had the comment "add me". I recognized the "snapchat" and the "KIK", but then there was one other one I didn't. Now, I'm fairly certain that must be the Mingle. I just checked again, and the profile picture and user name match each other exactly.
But, now we do have evidence that she claimed to be 18 at least on that app. She described as an "18 year old woman from Blacksburg...looking for a man for relationship" I still don't think we really know via what mechanism (s) DE contacted Nicole. He may not have seen this or knew it existed. But it is also possible he found her there first, then moved the conversation to KIK. But based on this possibility, he could have very well been looking for an 18 year old when he started out. With how little we know about him, I just can't make the leap that he is a pedo in the traditional sense or was specifically targeting a minor. Of course, anything is possible. And, as more becomes known about him, maybe we'll find he was. I'm just not there yet.
+++++mod's I noticed that you have removed some posts on the mingle topic....if my mentioning this inappropriate, please delete my comments. Just so you know, I am mentioning them as I feels it adds to the discussion about whether or not she was pretending to be older, and theories about whether DE may have specifically been targeting a minor, and how he may specifically have found her in the first place+++++
Do we know if LE has Nicole's phone? I think it would be important to them to be able to track and see conversations as to who is contacting her on this app as well. If the dates on the mingle profile are accurate, she was last active on it on 1/27.