US man tracked woman via Snapchat to remote mountain overlook, police say

The victim told authorities she knew Blankenship through Snapchat and believed he used the social media app’s location-sharing feature to find her on the overlook – which is the most-visited spot on the parkway, according to the National Park Service. — Photo by Brice Cooper on Unsplash

A would-be kidnapper may have used Snapchat to find and assault two people on the Blue Ridge Parkway last month, officials said on Oct 18 after a grand jury in Charlotte indicted him.

The North Carolina man could spend life in prison for the kidnapping and assault, which his victims said happened at the parkway’s popular Water Rock Knob Overlook on Sept 28, according to a news release from the US Attorney’s Office of the Western District of North Carolina.