Text Messages Lead Police to Kidnapped Girl

This man looks like an unkept mountain man right out of red wood country up where the tall trees grow. He is part bear. Wonder how a man can keep his face clean with that mop on his face? Does he know how to use a comb? Am happy this girl is safe in Oregon.

he looks baked

Damn,he's a looker.

I dont know the whole situation but what 16 year old girl in her right mind would get into a car willingly with a 37 year old man she met online...At least she had enough brains to play it cool and was able to text for help afterwards. She's lucky he was as dumb as she was as to not take her phone while kidnapping her...Dumb and Dumber...

My cell phone beeps when I call 911. Asked the Verizon guy and that aalert can't be turned off. BAD

Since when is it okay to meet someone you met online?
When I was 16, AOL and dial-up was the popular thing and it was well before all the horror stories of meet-ups gone wrong. Yet even though we hadnt already heard these stories, we never ever thought of meeting someone we met online.

How is it that today's kids have more information on their hands yet can't connect the stories they hear to common sense? I don't care if you think you are madly in love with the mystery friend online - we need to stick with making friends from real live people at home, work, school...

Lucky girl....things could have been a lot different....guess it was good she was picked up by this back woods hillbilly

I have to agree partially with don't meet people online in real life. I believe that if you have spoken to someone via online chat rooms, online date sites, etc. that if you meet them in a public place and make it a group date things are typically better. I am glad to girl is safe and had enough brains to text for help.
Not all online people you meet are out to raip,murder take advantage. Some people are actually interested in being friends, partners. Best of luck to this girl. Hopefully she will have learned her lesson the hard way and play it safe next time.

Definitely a liberal Democrat--no doubt about it!

I've met many people from the internet, but something tells me that if that was what showed up at my door...I wouldn't have went anywhere! He just looks like he wants to rape and kill ya.

She is old enough to know better. I hope the parents take this time to correct her actions instead of passing the blame onto myspace and everyone else.

Who is saying you cannot meet people you talk to online? Meet at a public place such as a mall. It's only a one time thing that can be discussed afterwards online if there is a chance for more.

if the parents don't have her computer ripped out of her room, then they should have a tracking device attached to her ankle and their entire household disconnected from the internet.

I cannot believe how stupid some people are. Let's hope this girl doesn't have children. Her DNA is obviously full of STUPID.

We met online in a chatroom too, however we spent a long time chatting and calling each other on the telephone that when we finally met at her home, it was like we had known each other for a long time. Even her cat accepted me when I visited her hometown 2000 miles away.. Her cat had heard me on the telephone and would purr when he heard my voice. And this happened almost four years ago, and soon we will be married.........."different strokes for different folks"

I agree with Angel, Dick and Chris. More parenting and some consequences at home can deliver a clear message to this girl... She is 16! What was she thinking when she accepted this trip?

I bet her "loser" alert went off about this guy. It doesn't say any type of force was used or that she resisted in any type of way. Although technically this may constitute kidnapping I'm sorta thinking this guy's gonna walk in a hurry.

Dreamin' Demon has this at their site and Imp found the guy's Myspace and the girl's too.

http://dreamindemon.com

Wheatland is in California. And the girl is developmentally disabled.

no where in the story does it say she was forced into his vehicle.....after she realized he was heading to the state line she relised her error...WELL DUH!!!...I have a 17 yr old daughter and she knows better than to give out ANY personal info...therefore you cant meet wierdos online...what is wrong with these people. This guy was wrong for having the girl in his car but she was stupid for gettin in...Im wondering if shes impared?