14-year-old Ayleen A. chats with a 15-year-old man in the Fortnite computer game. Weeks after the first contact, he is said to have kidnapped, abused and then killed the girl. How can you protect your children from so-called cyber grooming? Experts have dem star responded.
On July 21, Ayleen left her parents’ home and never came back. The body of the 14-year-old was found eight days later in Teufelssee in Hesse. Almost 300 kilometers from her hometown of Gottenheim. On the same day, the police arrested a 29-year-old man. A convicted sex offender strongly suspected of abducting, abusing and then killing the young girl.
Now it is clear: the two had met in the computer game Fortnite. They chatted for several weeks. This is how he earned her trust.