That’s sus.
More recently, Harmel gave the victim a new phone without cellular data. However, the teenager was able to connect to Wi-Fi via the phone and used it to access the online game Among Us. The victim then seemingly used Among Us’ in-game chat function to contact another teenager in a lobby. The two exchanged social media details
Please, teach your kids how to email the cops.
I’m teaching my kid that cops are dangerous and they should avoid them unless there is no other choice.
Kidnappers adore you.
Welp. I feel like being locked in a basement is one of those “no other choice” situations.
I mean, he had internet. He probably could have googled how to email them.
Subject: Kidnapping!
Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to inform you of a kidnapping that has me held on the premises of 123 Cavendon Road.
URGENT: Kidnapping!! ‼️
xXroblocks_masterXx@gmail.com has requested a read receipt.
I’m old and I didn’t know you could email cops. lmfao
I was thinking the same thing, how does she have access to Among Us and able to exchange social media contacts but not able to someway contact the police directly?
Yeah, my old phone has no sim but still has 911 capabilities. It even scrolls the message “No SIM card - emergency calls only” across the top of the phone. I think it might be the law here, all phones whether cell enabled or not have 911 access.
I was watching a movie the other day and it got me wondering… How do the movie sets prevent cell phones from actually dialing 911 when the actor needs to call them in the script.
Fake phone app that looks exactly the same. Or literally just a video. Or even just visual effects, with the phone being a green screen.
Movie Magic
maybe that was too obvious to her captor and maybe a game flew under the psycho’s radar, giving just enough cover and time to ask for help
Fuck the police, need other organization to contact. The police won’t help, more likely to help kidnappers or shoot the victim.
imagine being a player in a game lobby and some random other player says this to you. even just imagining it is sobering.
good on the other player for stepping up.
My first instinct would be that someone tries to scam me. This is a reminder to myself and everyone else, that we should take help request seriously.
help, I’m stuck at the airport, I just need 400Euros to go home and I’ll be able to give your money back, here’s my bitcoin wallet
stuck at the airport
Step sister, is that you?
The victim is from Utah, rescued in Oregon. It sounds like something from a third-world country, but it happens everywhere.
I mean, pretty sure the US shouldn’t be considered first world anymore. So you’re still right.
USA is first world by definition, regardless of what happened it can only ever be first world because the USA, is by definition first world.
Cuz Murica numba one!
The us made up first and third world. It’s the definition of first world country.
This is essentially how the Turpin family was discovered in 2018. One of the girls made friends online (on YouTube singing at first, I think) and it led to her eventually escaping and getting to a cop.
That was in Perris, California; north of San Diego.
The article says they just went through a window and called 911
FYI, “third world” is culturally insensitive, if not racist. Hell, even “developing countries” is ethnocentric at its core. Of course, “historically exploited, oppressed, exsanguinated nations” doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. 😅
And, yeah, after volunteering w/ anti-trafficking orgs in the PacNW, I learned that NE OR is a notorious crossover for that and worse.
Vast tracts of wild foothills, deep gorges, alpine mountains, dense forests, geolithic scatter, et al, are a added obstacular layers to justice groups.
For example, The Hunted was not unrealistic in its depiction. Meek’s Cutoff, Leave No Trace, Pig, and even the classic Stand By Me are right up there, too. (FWIW, Wild is a honorable mention for showcasing the diverse, and largely untouched backcountry along the PCT) 🤘🏼
Nor does third world country even mean “developing countries” or “historically exploited, oppressed, exsanguinated nations” it means not US or Soviet aligned but it seems everyone has forgot that.
The US can’t stop being a first world country because the entire definition of first world country is US aligned. (unless the russians completely take over the US at which point they would be second world i guess?)
Edit: Unless you mean the maoist sense, then third world does mean “historically exploited, oppressed, exsanguinated nations”, but in that definition the US would still not be part of the third world.
I never said or even implied that the US (and all/any others who use[d] it) would qualify for the term, FWIW.
My second paragraph wasn’t meant to imply you said it was meant to talk about the term and how its used like how plantfanatic did.
Oops, sorry. Thanks for that. 🖖🏼
Most of the time “Global South” adequately covers it.
Just another step on the euphemism treadmill honestly. And less accurate. Idk what’s wrong with saying a country is developing or undeveloped, its much less ambiguous than global south or third world, when 99% of the time what youre trying to say is that the country lacks infrastructure, economic development, and law and order.
Imo “Global South” is actually the most problematic of the three because it implies that a country is undeveloped because of its geographic position. I.e. the implication is “if you’re south of the equator, your country sucks.” Any nation can move from undeveloped to developing or developing to developed, but you can’t move your physical location on the map.
Yeah “developing country” is probably best. Being American, “Global South” always reminds me of the southern US, which if it were independent would also be considered a developing country.
For those in/from the US, perhaps. 😅
So the kidnapping happened in Utah, they were found in Oregon, but the kidnapper is being tried in Idaho? Where does Idaho fit into the crime?
Ontario, OR, where the kidnapper was arrested, is right on the idaho border. I dunno exactly why it’s being tried in boise but maybe he’s still listed as resident there or some such?
Northeast OR is basically idaho, culturally and politically, it’s likely he had some kinda connections that stretched across the border.
Much like ivy, etc. in public wildernesses, NE Oregon’s bigoted “culture” is an invasive, parasitic blight that has (so far) defied effective, impactful cleanup efforts. 🫤
edit: clarity
I try to avoid denigrating cultures that are not my own.
Good! 🤩
Thankfully, it was “my own” back when, and I was avidly part of said removal efforts. Anecdotal, sure, but first-hand. ✊🏼
Also, I fixed it, thanks!
Dude what the fuck. This motherfucker needs to be strung up and hacked apart alive.
Jesus fucking Christ humans what the fuck
Do you wanna livestream it too?
Can you make a martyr out of a pedophile? If not, then sure. Pay per view and give the money to the victim. People who rape are the worst people. Worse then murderers. I have absolutely no sympathy for anyone who does the worst thing you can do to someone.
Do you support letting government torture criminals and livestream it?
It’s not about ignoring the heinous nature of their crimes. You can’t normalize government hacking pieces off criminals as ‘punishment’.
