Middletown Police in Ohio are investigating a possible sex crime involving a teen who met a man on the Whisper App.
WLWT 5 reports the online smartphone application allows users to create posts and connect with others in their area.
Middletown Police say they received a report last week about a sex offense involving a teenage girl and a 33-year-old man.
According to the police report, the girl posted on Whisper that she needed a ride home from summer school at Marshall High School in Middletown.
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“She advised that they chatted about making plans to pick her up and that during that conversation on Messenger, he had asked her to perform (a sex act) on him and she refused,” the report said. “She stated that she still arranged for him to come pick her up, even though she knew it was a bad idea at the time.”
Police said the girl was picked up and the man drove to an area near Bavarian Woods apartments.
“She advised that he locked the truck doors and when he parked, he forced her to perform (a sex act) on him,” the report said. “She advised that he drove extremely fast to get her to her residence. She stated that he parked a little bit away from the residence and allowed her to get out of the truck.”
The victim’s mother, who WLWT is not identifying, said her daughter did not immediately report what happened because she did not want to get into trouble.
“She feels victimized even though she’s pretty much put herself in this situation. She knew better than to meet somebody that she didn’t know who it was,” the mother said.
“She hasn’t really had any bad experiences with meeting people online. She thinks that bad stuff only happens to other people, not to her.”
Her daughter is now in counseling and has deleted Whisper from her phone. But because the site is anonymous, there is little to no information for police to use to locate the man responsible.
“When you’re meeting these people, you don’t get their name. You don’t get their address,” the mother said. “(She) didn’t get his license number, didn’t take a picture of his face. We have no way of finding out who this was.”
The victim’s mother recommends all parents closely monitor what is on their child’s smartphone and social media accounts.
“Get on there. See who they are talking to. If they’re meeting people online, you see who they are talking to. You check out their profile,” she said.
