"She originally said she was MY soulmate but I cut her loose when she kept begging for mana crystals..."
Posted on 01/01/2010 8:37:31 AM PST by Loyalist
On Tuesday evening, 16-year-old Andrew Kane nonchalantly asked his mother and father if they would drive him from their Barrie, Ont., home to a hotel in nearby Midland, where he planned to meet a 42-year-old woman with whom he had been having a secret relationship over the Internet.
His stunned parents refused and the teen calmly returned to the computer, telling them he would let the woman know he wasn't coming. At 2 a.m., Marlene Kane heard her front door open, and found her son gone, leaving behind a troubling trail of web chats that led to Houston, Tex., and the World of Warcraft.
The Grade 11 student was found Thursday afternoon, after his parents spent two days desperately appealing for his safe return. On Wednesday, police had released pictures of Lauri Price, a Texas mother of four who had allegedly flown to Toronto and driven a rental car to collect the teen after striking up a relationship with him while playing the popular online game.
“All they had to do was read the chat logs and they were immediately concerned,” Ms. Kane said of her son's relationship with the woman. “He said she was his soulmate.”
Sergeant Robert Allan of the Barrie police said the couple was found Thursday afternoon at a Future Shop in Orillia after a tip from the public. The teenager had told Ms. Price he was 20 – the age of consent in Canada is 16 – and police said she will not face criminal charges.
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Let's be reasonable.
:^)
I agree.
Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?
An episode from the Twilight Zone.
We live in a society where those who used to be out working for a living are coddled into an extended childhood that extends into college. 18 as the standard is a post-war concept, which is the era where young adults became "teenagers." I'm willing to bet that it could be raised to 21 by the time I die.
I think 16 should be standard. By that time, unless you have been coddled, you should have an idea as to right and wrong.
According to the article, the 16 year old claimed to be 20.
Cheers!
According to the picture, he would probably be carded for a happy meal.
How do we know how current a picture that is?
*snicker*
Hey, add to that, if you’re on welfare or working a gubmint job, you also shouldn’t be allowed to vote.
No idea, but I'd wager it's off Facebook or some other "lookit me" site.
In my house, it’s a Monarchy, and I am the Queen!
"She originally said she was MY soulmate but I cut her loose when she kept begging for mana crystals..."
Cougars trolling World of Warcraft. Talk about easy pickins.
Nice, Mom and Dad, real nice.
LOL!
Another perverted and sick person stalking our children.
I have to wonder: Did the kid use his own profile picture?
When my children were teens, they did not have TVs nor computers in their rooms. Eveyone around me decried my lack of respect for their privacy. Their privacy was not my concern.
I have no idea why people fight to let children make adult decisions and then are astounded that the children make childish choices. Parents are supposed to protect their children even from themselves.
EEEW!
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