Facebook

Twitter

Tumblr

iTunes

RSS

HEAR THIS HOUR'S UPDATE
DOWNLOAD THE LATEST
News Pages
« Study: Tennessee Inmates Serve Fouth Lowest Amount of Prison Time | Main | McGhee Tyson Airport to Commemorate 10 Year Anniversary for TSA Officers »
Monday
Sep102012

Girl, 13, Found After Taking Off to Go See 'Boy' She Met Online

(CYPRESS, Texas) -- A 13-year-old Texas girl who took her brother's car and set off on a 900-mile journey to find a supposed 12-year-old boy she'd met online now feels everything "Dylan" told her may have been lies, while her parents are relieved their daughter was found before she met up with someone who might have been a predator.

Beth Robinson, from Cypress, Texas, was only 130 miles away from Hodgenville, Tenn., where she planned to meet "Dylan," when she was stopped by a state trooper.

But the question that remains is whether "Dylan," whom she had met in March while playing the Call of Duty Xbox game, is really the 12-year-old boy he said he was.

The Robinsons discovered their daughter was missing Thursday morning. They believe Beth left between 4 and 5 a.m. From the voice mails and text messages they found, they determined that she was likely headed to his home, 921 miles away, Robinson said.

As the girl's father chased his daughter, police tracked her whereabouts through the ATM card. Beth withdrew money twice in an hour, her mother said, but when she stopped in Hope, Ark., her card was declined six times.

Beth made it all the way to Nashville, Tenn., before she was finally stopped by a Tennessee state trooper who had been alerted that she was heading his way and calculated when she was likely to pass him on the road. He stopped Beth at 10:24 a.m., her mother, Tressa Robinson, said, with only 130 miles left in her journey.

Copyright 2012 ABC News Radio

Reader Comments

There are no comments for this journal entry. To create a new comment, use the form below.

PostPost a New Comment

Enter your information below to add a new comment.

My response is on my own website »
Author Email (optional):
Author URL (optional):
Post:
 
Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>