An Alabama aunt thought her 19-year-old niece was spending too much time on Facebook recently, so she created a fake profile and befriended her to see what she was up to online. But as AL.com reports, the answer she got was more troubling than anything she could have imagined.
The niece at the center of the story is Marissa Williams. Williams’ aunt was puzzled by the girl’s online habits and the constant stream of strangers always at her house, so she created a profile posing as a boy named Tre ‘Topdog’ Ellis and befriended her niece. Immediately, things got strange.
What the aunt discovered after secretly creating a fake Facebook profile was far more troubling than she expected. As she began interacting with her niece online as “Tre Ellis,” the messages and behavior she uncovered quickly raised serious concerns about what was really happening. Continue reading to find out what happened →
