Spring Lake teenage girl used Instagram to arrange meeting with man, warrants show
THINGS BACK ONLINE BY AROUND
2 O'CLOCK. TO OTHER NEWS NOW,
NEW AT FIVE-THIRTY SNEAK OUT
AND START WALKING. JUST ONE
OF THE MESSAGES FOUND IN THE
HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION
OF A 15 YEAR-OLD HARNETT COUNTY
GIRL. YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS
TRIGGERED ONE OF 2 AMBER ALERT
LAST WEEK AND 2 MEN HAVE SINCE
BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED AND
ARREST WARRANT OBTAINED BY WRAL
REVEALS NEW INFORMATION THIS
EVENING ABOUT THIS CASE.
WRAL'S WILLIE DANLEY JOINING
US NOW LIVE OUTSIDE THE HARNETT
COUNTY COURTHOUSE. SO MANY
PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THIS CASE
BECAUSE THEY'RE CONCERNED IT
COULD HAPPEN TO THEIR OWN CHILD
>> YES, THEY ARE LENA. TODAY
WE'VE LEARNED MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THAT ONLINE EXCHANGE
BETWEEN THE 15 YEAR-OLD GIRL
WHO WAS KIDNAPPED AND THE 2
ADULT MEN. SHE WAS
COMMUNICATING WITH. TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS. THIS IS VIDEO OF LSU
MARTIN MUELLER AND AUSTIN LEE
COLE IN COURT. THE 2 MEN HAVE
BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH
KIDNAPPING AND HUMAN
TRAFFICKING. THE ARREST WARRANT
SHOW COLD COMMUNICATED WITH THE
MINE ON INSTAGRAM ARRANGING FOR
MUELLER TO PICK HER UP OUTSIDE
OF HER SPRING LAKE HOME ON
FEBRUARY. 25TH. SOME OF THOSE
MESSAGES INCLUDE COAL SAYING
THAT THEY WERE 10 MINUTES AWAY
FROM THE HOUSE AND ANOTHER
INSTRUCTING HER TO DELETE ALL
OF THOSE MESSAGES BEFORE COMING
OUTSIDE OF THE HOME. THE ARREST
WARRANT SHOW THAT OFFICERS USE
FLOCK CAMERAS TO TRACK DOWN THE
CAR AND ULTIMATELY LOCATED THE
VICTIM. WHO IS IN FAIR
CONDITION. I SPOKE TO JOHN
WEBSTER THE CHILD ADVOCACY
CENTER. HE TELLS ME CHILDREN
AND PARENTS NEED TO BE AWARE OF
THE DANGERS THAT EXIST ONLINE.
>> IT'S NOT JUST FOR ANY
CERTAIN BRANCH OF THE
POPULATION ARE GROUP OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS IS IS
IS GOING ACROSS ALL SAYS UNIT,
SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS, ALL
RACES, ALL, YOU KNOW, ALL
BACKGROUNDS AND THESE GUYS AND
LADIES ARE IN THIS BUSINESS OF
HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THEY'RE
SMART AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT
WHAT THEY DO. YOU THINK
IMPERATIVE BECOMING
INCREASINGLY GOOD AT WHAT THEY
DO?
>> MUELLER WENT ON TO TELL ME
THAT PARENTS NEED TO BE AWARE
OF WHAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE
DOING ONLINE. IT MAY NOT BE A
POPULAR DECISION WITH
TEENAGERS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT
TO KEEP YOUR KIDS SAFE. AS FAR
AS THE 2 MEN WHO HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED AND CHARGED. THEY'RE
BEING HELD ON A 5 MILLION
DOLLAR BOND IN HARNETT COUNTY