‘Predator’ uses Fortnite, Snapchat in kidnapping of three children, US cops say


Negron, 19, is accused of communicating with the 12-year-old girl ‘for several weeks on Fortnite, Snapchat and other social media platforms’. — Reuters

Three children were kidnapped and taken from Ohio to Illinois by a man one of them had communicated with online, deputies say.

The three kids – ages 12, 14 and 15 – were found unharmed at a gas station in Beach Park about 45 miles north of Chicago, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office

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