Officials said they learned about him when someone called the cyber tip line. McGee posted his collection with other criminals on social media. Martin Lee McGee Investigators said McGee, of Morganton, had more than 13,000 photos and videos of the sexual abuse of minors - some as young as toddlers. It is said that a beautiful profile picture is worth 1,000 words” and, “I’m looking for a sugar baby to take care of her needs, rent and pay her weekly allowance. The messages read “hello pretty” and, “I was going through your profile picture. Through her research, she discovered if a child is on any social media with a chat feature, chances are they have been solicited.Īs Alexa Ziegler scrolls through her direct messages, her inbox is filled with unwanted messages. During the pandemic, many children were on their devices more often and cases of online enticement spiked.īryant spent months looking into the issue and the ways we can protect our children. Predators are targeting kids, with easier access now than ever before.
Predators can use social media to target kids You can also report online by clicking here. To protect your child or other children, law enforcement wants to hear from you. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has a cyber tip line you can call if you find anything suspicious that you want to report. Randall couldn’t stress this enough if you see something suspicious, please speak up. “So please, please, please report it if you see anything.” “Contact local law enforcement, because even if you’re able to keep your child from being a victim, I’m sure that predator is going to find another victim. “If you see something, if your child comes to you, if you find something on their phone, if a friend comes to you and tells you something - report it to us on the cyber tip line,” Randall said. Parents must be vigilant as the first line of defense. “We’ve had bank employees, we’ve had attorneys, we’ve had detention officers, college professors, volunteer firefighters, boy scout volunteers, teachers - literally it can be anybody,” she said. She added families need to know that any child can be a victim and any adult can be a perpetrator. “If there is a communication feature on any sort of app, website, game that you play - a perpetrator can use that to solicit and exploit a child,” Randall said.
The agency found that from 2019 to 2020, the number of tips regarding online enticement, which is when someone solicits a child online, jumped by 97%. Statistics from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children highlight a drastic rise in child sex crimes.
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