World of Warcraft helped discover a 16-year-old lady round 1,000 miles from house after the sufferer logged into WoW on the Florida house of the person sheltering her. Police in Marion County, Florida traced each the 16 and 31-year-old’s World of Warcraft accounts to the identical IP deal with earlier than confronting the person and arresting him.
In line with a publish on the Marion County Sheriff’s Workplace Fb web page, the Blizzard MMORPG was utilized by investigators to find the sufferer in Dunnellon, Florida, round 1,000 miles from the younger lady’s house in Ohio. World of Warcraft was used after the FBI contacted the Marion police requesting help with discovering the 16-year-old, with their WoW account logging in on the similar deal with related to the 31-year-old.
Thomas Ebersole was then arrested on Wednesday, January 3, 2024 for Touring to Meet a Minor to Have interaction in Sexual Exercise, Interfering with Baby Custody, and Sheltering an Single Minor.
“Legislation enforcement made contact with Ebersole at his house, at which era he initially denied realizing the juvenile sufferer,” the Marion County Sheriff’s Workplace writes on Fb. “Nevertheless, he finally admitted that he had pushed to Ohio to satisfy the sufferer and introduced her again to his house. Ebersole additionally said he was in a romantic relationship with the juvenile sufferer and was going to cover her in his house with plans for her to grow to be his spouse.”
Ebersole then offered the police with Discord messages additional outlining his plans, with some messages displaying he needed to have interaction in sexual exercise although he knew he “was committing against the law.”
As of the Marion County Sheriff’s Workplace publish on January 4, Ebersole was taken to the Marion County jail the place he stays with out bond.