You think that she may have been going to meet someone,
a friend that someone that she had met or knew, correct?
Yeah, possibly, maybe a man online or something.
Okay and was she registered on any online dating sites
that you know of?
Well, that's what we're trying to find out right now.
We have warrants for all her social medias,
so that the FBI can get that information.
Has she mentioned anybody or do you have any information
as to who she might've been going to meet?
We don't, well...
Not as of yet.
Okay and I do understand that your attorney has indicated
that the FBI has said that there was a man
that she may have met that was questioned and then released
that's now in Texas.
And that's what your attorney has told you.
You guys haven't met or know this person,
but that's what your attorney had to say, is that correct?
Correct.
What makes you think that's what may have taken her
to Florida, may have caused her to go to Florida?
Well, there was a post made on Facebook
that was a screenshot of a post that she had made.
And then on the top of her phone in one of her tabs,
you can see a dating app.
And that's when the first indication have grown
that she had met somebody before because we seen on one
of her posts that she was on a dating site
and I'll have to go back to that post
and see which dating site.
Were there are a lot of back and forth
between she and this individual that you could see?
I'm not sure.
I've never seen any conversation between her or whoever.
Okay and was she dating anyone else at the time
that you knew of?
Right, that's why we were thinking that
because she wasn't currently seeing anyone.
Okay, so she didn't have a boyfriend or anything.
And did she have any friends in Georgia that she had talked
to or said that she was leaving?
Have you contacted her neighbors or friends in Georgia
and learned anything from them?
Well, she's been spending a lot of time
with my brother since she's been in Georgia
and she had mentioned in passing DM.
Like, oh, I wanna go to Florida.
And you just thought she was playing
because he knew that, you know, she didn't have any money
to get to Florida.
Right and so how did she get to Florida?
Because the pickup that I've seen the pictures of
had the stretch cab and double wheels in the back,
so I'm guessing it didn't get great mileage.
So that meant it took a fair amount of gas money
to get down there.
Do you know how she would have gotten that money?
I do know for a fact that my brother had given her $40
and then, we had saw that she was making posts
in the days before selling things on Facebook Marketplace.
So, we think that there's a possibility she was using
that outlet to raise gas money.
But we know for a fact that she had only gas money.
Right, so, all right, so she got some money
from your brother, then she was selling some personal items
on the internet.
It sounds like she may have been planning this for
at least a short period of time to get enough money
to go down there.
Right, but when I say that, just like a 48 hour period.
Right, a few days to get at least some traveling money.
Right.
Okay and when she left,
did your brother know she was leaving?
No, see, but that's what I was saying,
he thought she was just, you know, just saying like,
oh, I'm gonna go to Florida.
You know, like...
She's 21, he wasn't taking her seriously.