OH OH - Madison Fields, 16, left temp home on foot meeting man she'd been messaging on an app, Colerain, 13 Feb 2026

[imstilla.grandma]

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  The girl's father, Tyler Hirn, told WXIX that Madison was last seen after 4 p.m. on Feb. 13, leaving the InTown Suites, and that surveillance footage showed her walking on nearby streets.
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• “I’m dad," Hirn told the outlet. "I know the kid. As I said, she texts me every day. She’s a very good kid. Something is wrong. I was under the impression she was at her friend Lily’s house, but she didn’t go that way. So, that’s when we first found out something was wrong and then we got ahold of the police."
  
  The outlet reported that Madison's phone is dead and that her father is no longer able to track it.
• https://people.com/ohio-teen-girl-1...home-to-meet-man-she-messaged-on-app-11908715

 

[truthfinder2019]

Madison Fields was last seen leaving the InTown Suites on Colerain Avenue just after 4 p.m. Friday, according to her father Tyler Hirn. Surveillance footage shows her walking along Colerain Avenue and then heading west on HarryLee Lane.

The family filed an official missing person report Monday after realizing Fields had not arrived at a friend’s house as expected.

According to family members, she had been communicating on an app called Session with someone who calls himself “Josh” before her disappearance.

From what I hear from her younger sister, she was writing on that app and left to meet a boy named Josh,” Hirn said. “We don’t know any Josh.”

Owens said none of Fields’ friends at Colerain High School know anyone named Josh.

Colerain police search for missing 16-year-old girl

Madison Fields disappeared Friday after leaving family's temporary housing

www.fox19.com

Ohio Teen, 16, Missing After Leaving Home to Meet Mystery Man She First Met on App: 'Something Is Wrong'

Madison Fields has been missing since Feb. 13

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Fields, a sophomore at Colerain High School, told her younger sister she was meeting someone she messaged on an app who claimed to be an 18-year-old.

Colerain police would not answer questions about the anonymous messaging app Madison used and the timeline for obtaining a warrant for her cell phone location, who cited the ongoing investigation.

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From her FB, I seem to recall that we already discussed this last year or so. As if she had gone missing before. But I am not 200% sure. Does anyone remember?

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I hope the Josh in Session messaging app is not an adult male with ill intentions. Unfortunately we see far too many predators using these apps.

Session is an end-to-end encrypted messenger.
You don’t need a mobile number or an email to make an account with Session. Your display name can be your real name, an alias, or anything else you like.
Session does not collect any geolocation data, metadata, or any other data about the device or network.

Session uses an onion routing system, which is called onion requests, for additional privacy protection
An onion routing network is a network of nodes over which users can send anonymous encrypted messages. Onion networks encrypt messages with multiple layers of encryption, then send them through a number of nodes. Each node ‘unwraps’ (decrypts) a layer of encryption, meaning that no single node ever knows both the destination and origin of the message. Session uses onion routing to ensure that a server which receives a message never knows the IP address of the sender.

Frequently Asked Questions - Session Private Messenger

Find answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about Session.

getsession.org

 

[GraceG]

The Sessions app uses a onion routing protocal to mask IP addresses and location Onion by sending internet traffic (like messages) through multiple encrypted layers, like the layers of an onion. Each layer is ‘peeled’ by a different server in the network, hiding the sender's identity, This offers security against data breaches which is OK for general cyber security, but security against unknown linline predators? Not in my opinion. Not at all. The app website does have some cautions for users - but do you think teens read this? Likely not, at that age, I wouldn't have and because no phone number or email is required to sign up, users are anonymous, which can facilitate unmoderated, secret conversations with strangers for which tracking by LE becomes problematic. Search warrant notwithstanding, LE still needs physical access to the phone, to use specialized forensic technology to extract "active" or "residual" data, even if the app claims to be secure or deletes messages.

Just saw that @truthfinder2019 posted the info on the routing system with more detailed info but I'll leave this post up for my two cents worth.

 

[truthfinder2019]

Credit Fox19Now

 

[TwinkieDefense]

Feb 18, 2026 article

Video shows Colerain Township teenager on day of disappearance, search continues

Businesses on Colerain Avenue are sharing new security footage that shows the moments leading up to the disappearance of a 16-year-old girl in Colerain Township.

www.wlwt.com

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WLWT spoke with neighbors living right around the corner from the store. One woman says she saw Madison on Friday and she took a turn from her normal walking route.

"This time it was totally different, she went left down the driveway, didn't see her again after that," […]

 

[Linear13]

Yeah…this is bad. The onion network is where the deep/dark web is. That’s a very simplistic way of putting it I know. What this means is that it is highly unlikely they will be able to subpoena the company and get any info. This is probably one of the selling points of this app. No Trace left behind. We read every day about girls going to these meetups and never being seen alive again. Sometimes they are found but sometimes not. Sometimes they survive but most of the time they do not. Let us hope she makes her way out of this situation and comes home.

All MOO and speculation.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Madison Fields, a 16-year-old girl from Colerain Township, has been missing for five days after reportedly meeting someone on an app, and her father is pleading with police for more help, fearing she could be in real danger.

https://www.facebook.com/wlwt5/posts/madison-fields-a-16-year-old-girl-from-colerain-township-has-been-missing-for-fi/1345629377591113/
https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...hJO8U-u7BbpUu77NfQj0Az5s1APU7MyAap4PNuSg7Wsz0

 

[bettyboop]

This is so very concerning. I watched the video linked by @TwinkieDefense , and my heart sank seeing Madisons father and grandmother. Their pain was obvious. The fact that this app uses an onion routing system is surprising to me ! I didn't know that something like this is even legal. I know it is on the dark/deep web, but why would it be used in the normal, everyday world? I suppose being a teenager, Madison wouldn't be aware of any of this. This just boggles my mind! I'm very worried for this young girls
safety. I don't have kids, so can any parents or anyone on here please tell me if the use of the onion system is something they have seen before in apps or any other messaging systems used by teens and young adults? Is this something new? JMO MOO

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Madison Fields was last seen leaving the InTown Suites on Colerain Avenue just after 4 p.m. Friday, according to her father Tyler Hirn. Surveillance footage shows her walking along Colerain Avenue and then heading west on HarryLee Lane.

According to family members, Fields had been communicating on an app called Session with someone who calls himself “Josh” before her disappearance.

“So, the app is called session. We believe it’s an app where anything you write is deleted immediately. From what I hear from her younger sister, she was writing on that app and left to meet a boy named Josh,” Hirn said. “We don’t know any Josh.”

Owens said none of Fields’ friends at Colerain High School know anyone named Josh.

“We need to find my daughter. Anything we can do. We can put her picture out there. She’s a very good kid; a lot of people know her. We just need to find my daughter,” Hirn said.

“We’ve all thought every possibility, every possibility. Wherever she is at, whatever is going on, we none of us think it’s because she wants to be in the position she’s in right now. We think something has happened,” Owens said.

The family is asking community members to check Ring doorbell cameras and sur

Colerain police search for missing 16-year-old girl

Madison Fields disappeared Friday after leaving family's temporary housing

www.fox19.com

 

[Calcano]

I don't think Session is that popular of an app that most teenagers would bother using. I wonder if she met this person somewhere else online and he got her to download session to begin covering his tracks. If they're able to gain access to any other social media or gaming platforms she uses, that could be a good start.

 

[NewMommy09]

I don't think Session is that popular of an app that most teenagers would bother using. I wonder if she met this person somewhere else online and he got her to download session to begin covering his tracks. If they're able to gain access to any other social media or gaming platforms she uses, that could be a good start.

Agreed. Check Discord, Roblox, Fortnite etc. All places she could have "met" someone who then moved their conversations to Session for privacy. Ask online friends on these types of apps if anyone new has been hanging around or chatting with her. Check out any new friends on those apps. Even if they can't get info from Session, that doesn't mean they can't find useful data. IMOO

 

[NewMommy09]

Giving Hailey Buzbee vibes.

 

[truthfinder2019]

Video shows Colerain Township teenager on day of disappearance, search continues

Businesses on Colerain Avenue are sharing new security footage that shows the moments leading up to the disappearance of a 16-year-old girl in Colerain Township.

www.wlwt.com

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