# 15 yr old girl took off with murderer?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-yr-old-girl-took-off-with-murderer/159256>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 5, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-yr-old-girl-took-off-with-murderer/159256 "2003-03-05T15:42:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-yr-old-girl-took-off-with-murderer/159256/1 "2003-03-05T15:42:32Z")

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Does anyone have a link to the story I heard on the news this morning (I am surprised to not find it discussed yet on sdmb) about the 15 year old girl who took off with a released murdered(I think?) who she met on the internet?  
Weird…

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-yr-old-girl-took-off-with-murderer/159256/2 "2003-03-05T15:53:45Z")

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According to CNN, she’s 14, and they met at church.

[http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/03/04/missing.girl/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/03/04/missing.girl/index.html)

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-yr-old-girl-took-off-with-murderer/159256/3 "2003-03-05T21:21:26Z")

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There’s some very odd news going on recently. I suspect that folks realize how hard it is to get one’s picture on the front page ahead of all the war-nography. That word came from today’s USA Today.