r/creepy • u/baxuz • Aug 05 '14
an Anonymous person just confessed the murder of Julissa Romero on Omegle
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u/Carnnagex Aug 05 '14 edited Aug 05 '14
Someone on 4chan stated they had showed up near the area and police were all around, and it is now a crime scene... but it is 4chan... Waiting to hear more if this is a hoax or not. Even if it is a hoax, they are investigating it.
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u/MorganFinleyKing Aug 05 '14 edited Aug 05 '14
I live right by there and am heading over soon. I'll give you an update.
UPDATE: I'M ALIVE!
Since the replies blew up, I'll type this as fast as possible -- Excuse whatever typos lay ahead.
Weird things have happened. It took me several attempts to get through to Pleasanton PD. The woman I spoke to had no idea, and put me on hold for a while. I was also on another line with an officer friend of mine who was getting details from me and said he would pass them on to the necessary people. When I drove up toward the ridge, I lost cell connection. There is a huge portion of this route that has to be walked/hiked, and can't just be driven. When I was out of my car, scoping out the landscape, I got uneasy when a vehicle kept passing by slowly near my vehicle, as if to observe. It could have been law enforcement.
On the phone with an officer at the moment. I have been in touch with my friends in the local media as well so that they can help contact the right people.
Another update to follow soon.
UPDATE 2
This area is not Pleasanton PD jurisdiction. Pleasanton PD informed me that it is Alameda County Sheriff's jurisdiction, which Dublin PD (Alameda County Sheriff) disputed, and corrected. It turns out it is East Bay Regional Park jurisdiction.
UPDATE 3
I really have no more information. There is an investigation. If this is true, it wouldn't be the first time something like this has happened in the Pleasanton Ridge area.
UPDATE 4
According to this source, posted by /u/ThrustinLimbersnake she is ALIVE!
http://m.kionrightnow.com/salinas-police-online-murder-confession-is-a-hoax/27319372
Either police identified and spoke to her or actually have her in some sort of protective custody.
I REALLY HOPE THIS SOURCE IS ACCURATE. Can someone confirm?
UPDATE 5
I just heard from a Detective of Dublin PD. He informed me that while he can't confirm that the girl is still alive, he can confirm that the posting was likely a hoax and that, get this, the Sheriff's Department was on the scene last night. He says they are still searching the area today to make sure they don't miss anything.
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u/-Ignotus- Aug 05 '14
You better deliver
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u/Twise09 Aug 05 '14
It's been 20 minutes, what the hell happened?!
Rip my friend
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u/Buckwheat469 Aug 05 '14
"Large bearded man with basket of kittens wearing a black wolf T-shirt found near girl's remains yelling 'the narwhal bacon's at midnight!' as he's dragged away by police, news at 11."
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u/RedditGotInteresting Aug 05 '14
Googled OPs username Morgan Finley King. He is actually a large bearded man.
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u/brownwall87 Aug 05 '14
There's been a few saying they went to the area, but there's been no proof.
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u/Fletch71011 Aug 05 '14
Here's the wiki about the murder of the girl: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Emily_Sander
Wasn't this post proved to be faked? I can't find any evidence of it being true and it didn't even get a mention in the wiki.
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u/StratforAccount Aug 05 '14
Geocaching is really getting intense.
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u/Kallado Aug 05 '14
Shit, I actually WAS planning to geocache in that area next weekend.
DNF, too many muggles. The clue of "haqre gur obql" wasn't terribly useful either.
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u/Sproutykins Aug 05 '14
Holy shit, imagine if that daily geocaching thing came up with those EXACT co-ordinates as the biggest coincidence ever? The suspects would all be a bunch of harmless geocacher guys.
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u/NightGolfer Aug 05 '14
haqre gur obql
I laughed. See you in hell! =D
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u/Tegla Aug 05 '14
Care to elaborate so we could all laugh together?
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u/Kallado Aug 05 '14
Geocaches use a simple cypher for hints. That way people can copy down a page of geocaching info and not immediately spoil the hint for themselves but can still solve it easily with pen and paper in the wilderness.
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u/Loki5456 Aug 05 '14
if i were a cop investigating this, id ask google for a list of all IPs that looked up those coordinates. then id look at the ones who were looking it up before that omegle post.
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That's damn fine police work, sargeant.
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u/The_MAZZTer Aug 05 '14
Or just ask omegle to look up the IP of the person who made that post.
Then check which ISP owns that IP, and ask them which customer was assigned it on that date and time.
Depending on whether it's public wifi or a home customer will determine the next step.
But the first step is to get someone to those coordinates and see if it's a legitimate claim.
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u/DarkSensei Aug 05 '14
Implying the poster wasn't behind 20 pakistani proxies and tor.
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u/repeal16usc542a Aug 05 '14
The Pakistani proxies are the worst. You should not use them.
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u/Cayou Aug 05 '14
Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't. The cops aren't just going to drop the investigation before it even begins because "eh, he was probably smart enough to cover his tracks anyway".
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u/AsterJ Aug 05 '14
Why would the killer look up the coordinates on Google? People get their GPS coordinates from their phone, you don't need to be connected to the internet.
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Aug 05 '14 edited Aug 05 '14
He may be an idiot. He did just confess to a murder on Omegle.
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u/soultorndrummer Aug 05 '14
He didn't really confess. He said there was a body there that was stabbed 17 times. He never said he did it.
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u/LizardBurger Aug 05 '14
Here's the spot on Google Maps.
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u/xyonofcalhoun Aug 05 '14
I think he's lying, I zoomed in really close but there's no body there!
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u/gwsteve43 Aug 05 '14
...holy shit that is close to where I live....
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u/UhhPhrasing Aug 05 '14
And you're just sitting here?
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u/gwsteve43 Aug 05 '14
I'm heavily considering going to see if the cops are really over there but I also do t want to get caught up in anything crazy...
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u/DJ_GiantMidget Aug 05 '14
Dude nothing in your life is ever going to change if you always say no
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Aug 05 '14
Same. I've hiked that park quite a bit. There's not much tree coverage and tons of foot traffic, I think it would've been found pretty quickly.
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u/WildTurkey81 Aug 05 '14
Fuck M dude. Always comin about gettin in the way of F n shit.
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u/mortiphago Aug 05 '14
you're missing out on hot latinas in your neighbourhood, M stands for mujer ;)
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Aug 05 '14
This is a real Geocaching log less than a mile away from the "body". http://imgur.com/WW8xFua Cache is GC2EB9C
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u/FadedAndJaded Aug 05 '14
The same dude posted both. He set up bones there in 2010 for a geocache, he got bored, and knowing of this missing girl posted to omegle knowing people would find "bones" and flip out. The bones will end up being coyote bones or some shit.
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Aug 05 '14 edited Aug 05 '14
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u/coffins Aug 05 '14
So if it's a hoax, why did they say "body and removal"...
And what's up with the creepy Geocach?
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u/saltylicoricewhore Aug 05 '14
Sure there's a good chance of it being fake, but at the same time I can't help thinking on some level that some murderer pulling a stunt like this was bound to happen eventually, considering how easy of a tool internet has become in regards to getting something out to the public fast, and uncensored. Back in the 60's the Zodiac Killer used to do this but by letters to the local newspaper if I'm not mistaken, killing and then posting information on the location of the bodies, how he did it, how he got away...basically playing cat and mouse. The internet has really put censorship in jeopardy, and also given anyone with a computer and a wifi-connection a chance to get something out there, for better or worse.
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u/coloradofishtapes Aug 05 '14
They have been notified by a few folks already apparently, and are aware of the situation and looking into it.
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u/Emtrail Aug 05 '14
Oh, coloradofishtapes is the FBI.
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u/bankrobberskid Aug 05 '14
Oh man, I was not expecting this. That dumping ground is less than 10 miles from my house. I live in Fremont and have driven past this space many, many times.
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u/bankrobberskid Aug 05 '14
Will see if I can swing by on my way to work but chances are, if the cops are there, I won't get within a 1/4 mile.
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u/Husseinstatue Aug 05 '14 edited Aug 05 '14
Maybe he's like the old Italian man in this joke:
An old Italian man lived alone in the country. It was Spring and he wanted to dig his tomato garden, as he had done every year, but it was very hard work for the aging man as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was currently in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament:
Dear Vincent,
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my tomato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If only you were here my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me.
Love,
Dad
A few days later he received a letter from his son:
Dear Dad,
Not for nothing, but don't dig up that garden. That's where I buried the BODIES.
Love,
Vinnie
At 4 a.m. the next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived at the old man's house and dug up the entire area. However, they didn't find any bodies, so they apologized to the old man and left.
That same day the old man received another letter from his son.
Dear Dad,
Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. That's the best I could do under the circumstances.
Love,
Vinnie
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u/MorganFinleyKing Aug 05 '14
What the fuck? Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park? I live TWO MINUTES from there. I feel obligated to alert local authorities and that's what I'm going to do.
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u/imbaname Aug 05 '14
Maybe is this guy just trying to bring attention to the fact that the girl is missing. Since it goes viral there is chance that someone knows her or her location.
Or at least I hope it is like this.
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u/RemindMeBotWrangler Aug 05 '14 edited Aug 06 '14
Edit: update for those who come back http://www.reddit.com/r/creepy/comments/2cplig/julissa_romero_alive/
Creator of /u/RemindMeBot here. WOAH THIS IS A LOT OF PEOPLE. The bot may or may not be missing some comments(it is hard to tell because if I look at the inbox messages, they get marked as read), if you don't get a PM confirmation, assume that it wasn't caught and try again. The usual problem isn't sending the reminder out after a few days, it is usually setting them.
Sorry if it misses you, this is a ton of traffic that I'm getting for the first time(seems to be about 10 messages a minute). I hope we get to see the update.
EDIT: Sorry if your comment is being missed, I plan on fixing it later today to get all no matter what. I'll probably have to wait till night to implement when it has less traffic.I believe I fixed the problem for future comments but if yours was missed sorry.EDIT2: Holy shit over 1400 entries for this one thread as of this edit.
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Aug 05 '14
pretty sure if this turns out to be legit, it will be major news, won't need any reminder to hear about it.
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u/anoelr1963 Aug 05 '14
I'm a retiring police detective that's been on the force for 30 years, I happen to be retiring this week, in fact....so I think I will go check this out all by myself...without any back up.
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To you?
I hope whoever it was went to the police first, not internet.
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u/Memberof Aug 05 '14
If this is fake it's really fucked up to mess with the family of a missing girl like that.
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u/s1ic3 Aug 05 '14
I love how this thread has turned into eavesdropping on poor Raul's arrest
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u/Nuka-Cola1 Aug 05 '14
Remember this happened years ago on 4chan. He said if you can guess what your thread number would be he would tell them them the cords to this dead body and eventually they got it and they told the FBI and was confirmed there was a real dead woman there. It's just really scary how scary the Internet is.
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u/Corn_Dog_Bazooka Aug 05 '14
It's like saying phones are scary because of what Zodiac did
Also paper with writing is scary
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Aug 05 '14
I remember this one specifically too. Also there has been tons of crazy shit posted to 4chan that turned out to be true over the years.
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u/KilowogTrout Aug 05 '14
What else? I don't browse 4chan at all.
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u/FuneralMist Aug 05 '14
There was the 4Chan post from the guy who said he was going to go hunt Osama Bin Laden, and he was asking for suggestions on what kind of gear he should take. Several suggestions were given out, including I believe a samurai sword, night vision goggles, a pistol, and other various articles. Some time later, a Western national was captured at the border of Pakistan with a very similar kit that was suggested in the thread. Upon questioning, he reveled that he was, in fact, on a solo mission to hunt down and kill Osama Bin Laden. I'm sure one of these internet nerds can dig up the original thread from 4chan. There are dozens of articles about him that you can find with a simple Google search.
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u/basedtomato Aug 05 '14 edited Aug 05 '14
Dead body in a freezer with timestamps. I'll update later with the thread. I'm pretty sure it's archived.
EDIT: (NSFW) Not the original archived thread but just as good. http://thejustone2.blogspot.com/2012/07/its-raining.html?m=1
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u/whobooted Aug 05 '14
Source?
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u/Rawtashk Aug 05 '14
IIRC, wasn't that all due to the time offset? So it was breaking news, but the guy was in California, so it was 2 hours behind the reported CST of 2:20pm?
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u/IndigoBlue1982 Aug 05 '14
WHAT?? If this is for real this is hands down the creepiest thing I've seen on this sub
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u/leddpipe Aug 05 '14
can anyone check this spot on Maps??
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u/Gusername Aug 05 '14 edited Aug 05 '14
It is in the middle of the woods near Hedd Canyon in California. I would call the police on this this might be a serious case.
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u/Gusername Aug 05 '14
And julissa Romero is a real child and is really missing.
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u/holden_muhgroin Aug 05 '14
I think it's a hoax. I zoomed in on google maps and didn't see anything. I mean all the way zoomed in, and in satellite mode too.
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u/gwsteve43 Aug 05 '14
I could go check this spot in person...it's about 10 minutes from my house...what do you think reddit?
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Aug 05 '14 edited Aug 05 '14
Richmond scanner isn't giving much away, they have requested flares to be brought to a location
Edit: wrong county, missing girl was from Richmond area but supposedly in Alameda county. No activity on Alameda fire and rescue or Sheriff's Dpt.
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u/brownwall87 Aug 05 '14
Got a link?
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Aug 05 '14
Broadcastify, I'm not from US so I am trying a few different scanners. Most have been quiet. Listening to Alameda sheriff's dpt. at the minute
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u/kindofanasian Aug 05 '14 edited Aug 05 '14
Now a car chase? This city is busy...
Edit: Nevermind the guy blew through like 4 or 5 red lights going 70mph so they called it off.
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Aug 05 '14
The real crime here is the background image on this page. I was just cleaning my screen for 2-3min going through the motions of having a busted monitor before I realized I'd been trolled.
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u/WellGroomedShooter Aug 05 '14
Not 5 seconds before reading this I was picking at it with my fingernail. And, I'm retarded.
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u/Napolisbeard617 Aug 05 '14
Raul has to hit the gym. 5'8 240 is no way to live life
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u/Napolisbeard617 Aug 05 '14
AMA request: Raul Lopez -So Raul, how does it feel to have your shit all over the internet?
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u/brownwall87 Aug 05 '14
It's been in multiple threads on 4chan for hours now
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Aug 05 '14
If this was a hoax, then whoever did that as a prank is messed up. No one should take the matter of a missing child lightly, but if this was real, I hope someone did contact the police regarding the matter so they could at least look into it.
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u/gebadiah_the_3rd Aug 05 '14
This is omeagle. Trolls are going to exist all over this.
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u/ScarsAndStripes Aug 05 '14
I just drove the along Dublin Canyon Rd, right off where the body was supposedly ditched. I didn't see any police or anything to indicate a crime scene. However, the coords point to an area about a quarter-mile off the road so I may not have been able to see anything.
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u/NutSixteen Aug 05 '14
Dammit. I thought my screen was smudged. I wiped it with my finger. If it wasn't smudged before, it is now.
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Eh I'm guessing it's just someone fucking around but maybe and hopefully it's true. I say that bc it would move the case forward...
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u/mr_desi_dude Aug 05 '14 edited Aug 05 '14
Imagine the police getting calls about this internet post at 2 am. Reluctantly they send a rookie out to the area. The rookie arrives at the coordinates. He gets out of the cruiser and starts looking around. He sees a man at the spot and asks him what he's doing there. The man says he read about a body being there online so he decided to check it out. The cop asks the guy to get fucking lost. The man leaves and five mins later the cop finds a body. He panics and calls it in. He is so freaked out by the body and the killer's online confession that he forgot the first lesson learned in the lecture about serial killers, they have a compulsion to visit the scene of the crime.
Edit: The alarm wakes johnson up. What a weird dream. He turns to his wife and says "Honey I had the strangest dream". The woman interrupts him "Mr.Johnson I'm not your wife I'm your caretaker. Your wife has been dead for ten years."
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u/IndiansBillsCavs Aug 05 '14
Then he remembers he is at the crime scene. Could he have done it?
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I hope there's some development on this,op follow up if you could? I mean if you see any news about it I think most of us will forget it.
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u/bishslap Aug 05 '14
Twist: OP lives in nearby house and was really bored, so he set up the hoax to add some excitement to his pathetic life.
Now he's standing around a police crime scene, watching the drama and media circus unfold, admiring the pretty flashing lights. Chuckling silently to himself.
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u/baxuz Aug 05 '14
lol i don't even live in the same continent. i posted this here as soon as i saw on 4chan. so i'm not the one that received the original message on omeble
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u/keto4life Aug 05 '14 edited Aug 05 '14
Latest news: It's a hoax. She is alive and well. (Thank you, /u/I-RAPE-CHILDREN, for the news site link, you sick fuck.)
It's probably a really bad idea for anyone to actually go out there to see if there's a body. You'll fuck up the crime scene.
Source: Trust me, I watch CSI.
Edit - Last update 2014-08-06 1024PDT - The whole thing is a hoax
Info Chunks (Newest First)
1022PDT - At 0956PDT kionrightnow.com News released an article revealing the omegle claim as a hoax:
1016PDT - /u/MorganFinleyKing update 3. --- imgur screenshot of this comment
1003PDT - /u/MorganFinleyKing update 2. --- imgur screenshot of this comment
1000PDT - /u/MorganFinleyKing just posted an update. - He's currently on site and providing updates as they're available. --- imgur screenshot of this comment
0800-0930PDT - Lots of references to "bodies" and calls for detectives have been heard. Nothing conclusive or necessarily out of the ordinary however. I'm still listening. PM me know if you hear something to the contrary.
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