Authorities warned both teens and parents about the dangers of communicating with strangers online after a missing 13-year-old was found 900 miles away from her home.
After the teenager was abducted by a man whom she met through the internet, police admonished parents to talk to their children about online safety, reports WLOS.
According to investigators, the Rutherford girl had been communicating with the man in a chat room before they met up in Mooresboro.
The 13-year-old disappeared after she had willingly got into the suspect’s car, reports WSPA.