NY NY - Benjamin Rhines, 14, LeRay, 2 Nov 2015

[JerseyGirl]

14 year old Benjamin Rhines is believed to have left his home on Shepard Street in the town of LeRay sometime around midnight.

Deputies say Rhines is possibly travelling to the Syracuse area by taxi to board a train for Anderson, South Carolina.

He's 5 feet, 8 inches tall, weighs around 120 pounds, and has green eyes and curly brown hair.



http://www.wwnytv.com/news/local/Deputies-Ask-For-Help-Finding-Missing-Teen-339307122.html

 

[KateB]

NCMEC: http://www.missingkids.com/poster/USNY/18689/1/screen

 

[ClaireNC]

Update on the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office facebook page: The search for Ben Rhines has been turned over to the FBI. https://www.facebook.com/Jefferson-County-Sheriffs-Office-317908998223209/?fref=nf

 

[ClaireNC]

If Ben is still missing and could be in any number of places, (modsnip)? We have seen many times, that spreading the word is effective in finding missing teens.

 

[bessie]

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[CosmicLatte]

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/benjamin-a.-rhines/view

Hoping for news.

 

[SheWill]

[FONT=&quot]Missing person Benjamin Rhines, 15, was reportedly seen by a Battle Creek citizen this month, although his current whereabouts are unknown. Rhines is believed to be traveling with missing person Iordan Bossev, 20 since their disappearance from upstate New York on Nov. 2, 2015.

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http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo...on_reportedly_seen.html#incart_river_home_pop

 

[whimdriven]

I've been waiting for someone to name Bossev in MSM. His name has been floating around regarding Rhines since the beginning ...

More to come ...


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[SheWill]

What's the backstory on these two? Other than a potentially sighting, I'm not coming across anything in my search.

 

[whimdriven]

All right - backstory would probably be tinged with rumor, so I'm going to keep it to what has been in MSM - which isn't much.

Iordan Bossev, during my last dig on this story, wasn't reported as a missing person.

He's a 2013 graduate of Isidore Newman in New Orleans --> Isidore Newman Alumni Listing

Could go by "Danny" Bossev --> Iordan Bossev Facebook

At some point, he was a student at LSU --> Iordan Bossev LinkedIn

There is chatter from way back on KrautKanal regarding Bossev's connection with Rhines.

Benjamin's FBI listing: Benjamin Rhines FBI Missing Page

The fact that the details on this one are very minimal suggests, to me, all my opinion - that Bossev may be sought for exploitation, or at the very least contributing to the delinquency of/harboring a minor ... This is really the first "break" in the case since last November, and the first to list Bossev on a mainstream media posting connected to Rhines.

Considering some of the other places I've been able to find any information at all - I'd say that video games/deep web activities have at least a little bit to do with all this (IMO).

 

[SheWill]

Thank you, whimdriven.

I'm curious as to what brought them to Michigan.

Here's another article I found that's a bit more informative than the other one.

http://www.fox47news.com/news/local-news/us-marshals-ny-missing-persons-may-be-in-michigan

 

[whimdriven]

Michigan - to stay under the radar? I couldn't find any particular pocket of Bulgarians around Battle Creek, but maybe he sought a Slavic-language spot ... That's an assumption that he still speaks Bulgarian (or some other strain of Slavic language).

 

[krautchanisthebest]

Ben Rhines' mother has confirmed that he was found with Iordan Bossev in Beaverton, Oregon, and he is supposedly home now.

What's the backstory on these two? Other than a potentially sighting, I'm not coming across anything in my search.

Rhines and Bossev met on the /int/ international board of the Finnish site ylilauta.org a few years ago - probably roughly ~2014. Then they started an online relationship, although they were largely successful in hiding the depths of it from the other posters.

 

[krautchanisthebest]

Michigan - to stay under the radar? I couldn't find any particular pocket of Bulgarians around Battle Creek, but maybe he sought a Slavic-language spot ... That's an assumption that he still speaks Bulgarian (or some other strain of Slavic language).

He speaks Bulgarian and additionally has some comprehension of Russian, if I recall correctly. He still speaks Bulgarian with his mother.

 

[krautchanisthebest]

There still isn't a lot of information, but here's an article about Iordan Bossev's arrest, though no public information seems to link him to Rhines.

 

[iliketotalk15]

Iordan Bossev was charged with child pornography related charges.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdla/p...-three-individuals-child-pornography-offenses

Benjamin's pages on NCMEC and FBI are also gone. Assuming he is home then?