INDIANTOWN, Fla. (CBS12) — A 1,500-mile journey from Omaha, Nebraska, and months of grooming and Roblox led to the kidnapping of two Indiantown sisters, Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek revealed Monday.

Investigators say the interaction between the suspect, 19-year-old Hser Mu Lah Say of Omaha, and the girls, ages 12 and 15, began in the summer of 2025 on the gaming platform Roblox. The communication later reportedly moved to Snapchat.

Deputies say the suspect groomed the victims over several months, at one point even sending food deliveries to their home.

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MCSO says the suspect left Omaha on Friday and drove 23 hours straight until they arrived in Indiantown the following morning.

Detectives say the girls were initially supposed to meet Lah Say at a Martin County park Saturday morning, but they were instead intercepted by a family member and punished. As part of that discipline, the family confiscated the girls’ cellular devices.

The girls went missing around 5 p.m. Saturday. When deputies responded to the home at 8 p.m., they examined one of the confiscated devices.

Although the Snapchat app had been deleted, detectives reloaded the software and discovered a continuous thread of communication detailing the suspect’s plan to pick up the sisters and take them out of the state.

The sheriff’s office launched a massive search alongside the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Florida Highway Patrol. Using investigative technology to track the suspect’s likely route back to Nebraska, authorities alerted agencies along the Interstate 75 corridor.

The Georgia State Patrol located the suspect’s dark Honda CRV early Sunday morning and conducted a high-stakes traffic stop. Both girls were found safe inside the vehicle.

Sheriff’s officials credited the rapid recovery to the coordination between local and federal agencies and the digital evidence recovered from the girls’ home.

He was arrested for two counts of kidnapping and two counts of interference with child custody.