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Kidnap reports rile DeKalb
By Bill Torpy
July 16, 2014It was a story to strike fear into every parent’s heart: a man in a white car was said to be cruising quiet DeKalb neighborhoods, trying to lure 12-year-old girls into his car.
For weeks, the alarm was sounded through email, Google groups, social media and TV news. With every fresh alarm, the tips to police multiplied. And then … nothing.
It’s natural and good for parents to be vigilant about their children’s safety, and the thought of a child snatched by a stranger is truly horrifying. But when fear starts to roil in cyberspace, well, that’s a different story.
Read it, exclusively on MyAjc.com.
About the Author
Bill Torpy, who writes about metro Atlanta for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, joined the newspaper in 1990.
