An 11-year-old girl was found safe Sunday after she was allegedly kidnapped by a “child sexual predator” she met while playing a video game and who attempted to take her to his Illinois house before being stopped in Georgia, police said.
Alice Johnson was found safe at a Holiday Inn Express in Georgia about 5 p.m. Sunday, police said. Johnson disappeared sometime after 10 p.m. the night before from her East Orange County home. Her parents reported her missing after her parents went to wake Johnson up for church, but she was nowhere to be seen.
John Peter Byrns, 24, of Hoffman Estates, Ill., was arrested after authorities found him inside the hotel room with Johnson, Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said. Investigators said Byrns and Johnson met while playing the online game Minecraft, WESH reported.
Florida girl, 11, found in Georgia hotel room with alleged kidnapper she met in online video game, cops say | Fox News