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5 TIKTOK's That Helped Find Missing Persons & Save Lives

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Scary Mysteries

News, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Social Media was meant to connect the entire world together so it's no wonder why authorities are now turning to the internet to get leads that will help them solve even the most baffling crimes. Here are a few instances where TikTok Helped Find Missing Persons.📽 Our Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/scarymysteries🎧 Our Other Podcast - Every Town: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1235213💀 Follow Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scarymysteries 💀 Follow Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrew.fitzg👁 Follow Our TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewfitzgerald💥 Follow Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scarymysteriesofficial Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, love it or hate it, social media is here to stay.

0:06.3

While it generally has a stigma as a time-waster, something we scroll through endlessly on as

0:12.1

we watch people dance or dogs freaking out when a soldier returns home.

0:17.4

You gotta remember that social media was meant to connect the entire world together and

0:22.5

it's done just that.

0:24.0

And that's a very good thing when it comes to crimes, is a huge scope of people can

0:28.8

now connect, share information and details on cases to help track down the culprits at

0:34.6

unprecedented speeds.

0:37.4

It's no wonder why them, that authorities are now turning to the internet to get leads

0:41.5

that will help them solve even the most baffling of crimes.

0:45.8

So here are the many instances where TikTok help find missing persons.

0:53.9

Number 5, Leijingwei Leijingwei was just 4 years old when he became a victim of child

1:02.9

trafficking.

1:03.9

In 1989, one of his neighbors, Lordam, away from his home, he was told that they'd be looking

1:10.9

at cars which were quite a rare sight at the time, especially in the rural areas of China.

1:17.6

That would be the last time the kid saw his home ever again.

1:22.9

These kidnappers let him behind a hill and towards a road where four other abductors

1:27.2

were waiting.

1:29.2

They disregarded his cries and pleas as they forcibly put him on a bike and rode far away from

1:35.5

his place.

1:36.5

You'd also still remember being taken on a train, and the ride took them to Langkau, which

1:44.0

is more than a thousand miles away from his home, and there, the family waiting adopted

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