Warning: This story contains details that some viewers may find distressing.<\/p>\n
Emma* was 14 years old when she met sexual predator Josh Vassallo.<\/p>\n
The teenager was friends with 20-year-old Vassallo’s sister and they were constantly hanging out.<\/p>\n
“I did warm up trust with him because he always dropped me home,” she said.<\/p>\n
“Then one day I asked him to take me to McDonald’s.”<\/p>\n
But after picking her up, Josh wasn’t driving towards McDonald’s, and Emma started to worry.<\/p>\n
“I was like maybe he just wants to catch up, I haven’t seen him in a while,” she said.<\/p>\n
“That’s when things started to take a turn.”<\/p>\n
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