Hey, true crime besties, welcome back to an all new episode of Serialessly with me, Annie E. Elise. We have got a

mega, mega deep dive today. And I feel like it's a case where a lot of us are going to be able to

relate in one way or another because it has to do with when you meet people online using

social media, whether you're meeting people online through dating sites, Facebook Marketplace,

you know, Craigslist, hopefully not, but you know what I mean, wherever. I feel like it's

something that is now just so common

these days. It's not weird or looked at oddly if you meet a stranger off the internet for whatever

the reason may be. I mean, we've all done it right. I know I have. It's quick. It's easy. Maybe you're

a little nervous meeting the first time. But hopefully, knock on wood, knock on my table,

it works out more times than not.

And really, because it has become such a normal part of society and our world and our life,

how often are we really thinking about the risks, the ones about people not always having good

intentions and possibly being a predator or somebody scary?

And today's case primarily circles around Facebook because I want you to just imagine this.

Imagine that you're scrolling through Facebook one afternoon.

Maybe you're chatting with a new friend you met online.

Maybe you're on Facebook Marketplace.

Who knows what it is.

But this person seems nice.

They seem helpful.

But that new friend, unbeknownst to you, isn't at all who they seemed.

What if behind all of their friendly words, their nice, kind picture, they were planning something

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