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Going West: True Crime

Hailey Buzbee: Lured by an Online Predator (Happening Now) // 581

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, News, Society & Culture

4.610.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In January of 2026, a 17-year-old girl left her Indiana home late at night after connecting with someone she met online. But when she suddenly stopped communicating, her family knew something was terribly wrong. Within days, investigators uncovered a trail of evidence stretching across state lines and a story that quickly began to unravel. As the search intensified, a chilling question emerged: what really happened after she got into that car? This is the story of Hailey Buzbee.

Transcript

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0:00.0

What is going on true crime fans?

0:16.4

I'm your host, T.

0:17.3

And I'm your host, Daphne.

0:18.7

And you're listening to Going West. Geez, hello

0:22.4

everybody. The city of Columbus is seeing a lot this month. First, the Tepe murders, which of course

0:28.8

we did a three part on, and now an arrest and an ongoing Indiana case was made in Columbus,

0:34.7

which is what we will be diving into today. I mean, Heath and I have been following this case for weeks.

0:40.5

We are so devastated to see such a horrific conclusion to this story coming out.

0:45.9

So this is one that we've been checking on every day.

0:48.7

We just can't believe how disturbing of a turn this story took.

0:53.3

Yes, and our hearts really go out to the Busby family who had to learn of all these really

0:57.9

horrific details that have been coming out these past couple weeks, because there has been

1:03.8

an arrest made.

1:05.4

So thank you to everybody who sent this one into us.

1:07.6

There was a lot of you guys who sent in this case.

1:10.0

Yeah, and as we learned

1:11.5

about it at first, like I truly hoped, of course, and felt like it was possible that this

1:17.0

would be one of those stories where there would have been a safe discovery and everything

1:20.3

would have been fine. Yeah, everybody was kind of hoping that she would be recovered safely.

1:24.6

But again, the details of this are more horrific than we imagined, and we have a lot to talk about today.

1:32.2

Yeah, and there's actually going to be a call to action at the end of this episode, so please make sure that you stay tuned, and also make sure that you share this story.

1:41.0

All right, guys, this is episode 581 of Going West, so let's get into it. Fishers Police say a missing 17-year-old is now considered to be an endangered missing

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