The sisters then left home again to meet Say.<\/p>\n
Police inspected the girls\u2019 devices after being tipped off by family to an individual they were aware of who had communicated with the sisters on Snapchat.<\/p>\n
They found a \u201ca constant thread of communication between this individual and these two young girls to include the suspect … driving to Indiantown, Florida, to pick these girls up and leave\u201d, Budensiek said.<\/p>\n
Communication between Say and girls was believed to have started on Roblox before moving to Snapchat over the summer months.<\/p>\n
Budensiek said police believed Say engaged in a \u201cgrooming process\u201d, with the family noticing \u201cweird\u201d and unexpected deliveries of food and gifts to their house.<\/p>\n
He added that police involved in the multi-state search for the sisters noted that \u201cthese girls went willingly, but their age suggested that they had been taken and were probably being removed from our area\u201d.<\/p>\n
Say reportedly left his Omaha, Nebraska, home on Friday and drove more than 24 hours to the girls\u2019 Indiantown neighbourhood.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe talk regularly about the importance of parents and family members being vigilant about grooming and social media platforms and the impact it has on kids,\u201d Budensiek said at a press conference today.<\/p>\n
He added he believed police had \u201cprevented something disastrous\u201d, though he said he did not know what the suspect had planned to do with the girls.<\/p>\n
Roblox\u2019s chief safety officer, Matt Kaufman, said in a statement to ABC that the company would support police investigations.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile no system is perfect, our commitment to safety never ends, and we continue to strengthen protections to keep users safe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Snap Inc. issued a statement calling child exploitation an \u201cabhorrent crime\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile no single safety feature or policy can eliminate every potential threat online or in the world around us, we continuously adapt our strategies as criminals evolve their tactics.\u201d<\/p>\n
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