dating can be a daunting prospect at the best of times which is why millions of people use
dating apps such as tinder to help simplify the task of searching for that someone special
other people however have chosen to exploit these apps and their users as a tool towards
more nefarious intentions number five shelby samson a 40-year-old woman from attleboro
falls massachusetts thought herself lucky to be matched on tinder with christopher castilla
a 33-year-old man and they arranged to meet for their first date on the 5th of december 2016.
shelby made her way to castillo's parents house in her nissan altima where he'd asked
her to pick him up in rhode island they set out towards north attleborough and as they chatted
castillo drank wine while sitting in the passenger seat of the car
after driving for about half an hour as they approached commonwealth avenue he asked her
to stop at the bristol county savings bank near the falls elementary school he got out of the car
and a few minutes later he came running out of the bank wearing sunglasses and a hat while carrying a
gun and sweating profusely unbeknownst to shelby castillo had made his way into the bank and as he
approached the teller he produced the handgun he told the teller that he was really hurting
and badly needed one thousand dollars all the while brandishing the firearm the teller handed
over the money and he ran for the exit jumped back into shelby's car and yelled at her to step on it
she instantly panicked at the side of the gun and sped off but when she saw the flashing lights from
north attleboro police cruisers giving chase she pulled over jumped out of the car and stepped away
castillo stayed in the car believing he could hide from police by ducking down but he was
quickly pulled from the vehicle and arrested after violently struggling to get away he told police
that the gun wasn't loaded and it was later found to be an antique 44 caliber that belonged to his
father upon searching the vehicle police found his hat sunglasses and the one thousand dollars he'd
just stolen shelby was charged as an accessory to robbery at first but she was soon cleared when
the entire story came to light castillo would end up receiving a sentence of five years behind bars
number four cabin mcclelland an 18 year old soldier joined the military when he was just
16 years old he lives at the dragon barracks in collinton
and he decided to use tinder to try to find a date not long after he matched with a
woman and they arranged to meet at the kidlock close in the same city the following morning
on sunday the 21st of march cobham drove to the pre-arranged spot to meet his day
but instead he was approached by a man who abducted him and held him against his will
but his ordeal did not end there he would later tell police that dylan rigby a 19 year old man
would not let him leave the property when he realized that something was wrong
and began to assault him police were informed of a disturbance at the property and they quickly
rushed to the sea upon arriving they found that cobham had sustained serious injuries
with severe burns to his back and arms knife slashes to his face broken bones and multiple stab
wounds rigby was immediately arrested and charged with abduction reckless conduct threatening
behavior and breaching the 2012 police and firearm reform act while awaiting trial in prison at her
majesty's young offenders institution rigby was once again involved in an altercation when
he assaulted a fellow inmate after he found out that he'd used his shower gel he admitted to the
assault and stated to police that the man deserved it and he didn't care if he died cobham on the
other hand had been severely traumatized by his ordeal and faces a long recuperation period his
family fears that he may suffer from ptsd after the attack and have set up a gofundme page to help
raise money towards his lengthy recovery which will very likely include therapy and counseling
number three in february of 2018 27 year old dashant sharma from india had matched on tinder
with priya seth a 26 year old woman from the same area little did either of them know however that
the other was lying about who they really were sharma had told priya in their conversations
before meeting up that he was a millionaire and priya had failed to mention that she was
the kingpin of a group of people who preyed on men who used the app sharma was a project manager at a
mining company who to his family was a reserved and respectful man who shied away from women on
social media however he appeared to love partying and his closest friend mentioned to police that
he would date women from time to time despite being married at 7 pm on the 2nd of may 2018
he told his father that he was heading out saying that he needed to attend to a work matter
he climbed into his father's car and said that he would be back in about an hour when he'd not
come home by 9 15 pm however his father tried to phone him but his phone had been turned off
at 9 45 pm his wife attempted to call him and he answered explaining that one of his
company's trucks had been confiscated by police that they were demanding money for its release
and that he would be home by mourne they tried to contact him throughout the night
but they were disconnected each time later that night family and friends would search for him also
alerting police that he was missing at 9 45 a.m the following day he phoned them and asked that
they send him 14 000 or he would be killed in 20 minutes his father managed to wire a portion of
the money to his account by 3 pm but much to his dismay he received a call from the police asking
him to come to the police station to identify a deceased male they believed to be his son
it would later be revealed that sharma and priya had met on a few occasions for coffee but on this
occasion she directed him to her house where two men lie in wait upon their arrival sharma
was tied up a bag placed over his head and he was assaulted before his assailant stole his wallet
upon finding out that he was not the rich businessman that he pretended to be
his attackers became enraged and demanded the ransom from his family
after receiving the partial payment from sharma's father the three had no intention of letting their
victim go opting instead to end his life by stabbing him and disposing of his body by
placing it in a trolley bag and dumping it off the side of the highway priya would later reveal
that after completing their crime she went to a five-star hotel later that evening to meet
another victim who they robbed as they've done to thousands of other men over the last eight years
number two on november 15 2017 sydney loofe from nebraska posted on instagram that she was ready
for her date she was referring to her second date with a woman named audrey whom she'd met on tinder
when their first date had gone well sydney texted a friend saying quote just got done
chilling with a super cute girl i hope she doesn't have a boyfriend when she didn't show up
for work the day after their second date her mother susan became worried as it was not like her
to stay out of touch or to stay away from work without notice the following day police went to
sydney's apartment in havlock to perform a welfare check but there was no sign of her
when police pinged her cell phone they found that she'd been near wilbur southeast of lincoln
on the night that she was last seen sydney's best friend brittany flynn provided police
with the snapchat photo that sydney had taken of audrey adding that audrey's tinder profile
said she lived 32 miles away though it was unclear exactly where another of cindy's friends brooklyn
mcchrystal decided to create a tinder profile specifically aimed at getting audrey's attention
the following day she got a response from audrey and she tried to get as much information about
her as possible she learned that she works at a financial institution and that she was
living outside of lincoln when she managed to get audrey to share her phone number she forwarded her
information to police who then contacted audrey she admitted to going on a date with sydney but
she said she dropped her off at a friend's house afterward but saline county sheriff's deputy dylan
simrod connected audrey's phone with her real identity bailey boswell and they would eventually
learn that boswell lived with her boyfriend aubrey trail in a basement apartment in wilbur
the pair had been using social media to lure women into their sordid lifestyle which in this case
resulted in sydney's demise her remains were found in various ditches along county roads west of
wilbur and the couple were found guilty of murder and are now facing the death penalty at sentencing
number one in 2018 22 year old grace mullane from wickford essex was on a gap year after
graduating from the university of lincoln in england and she decided that she would
use this time to go on a backpacking tour of new zealand after spending six weeks in south america
after traveling around north island she traveled to auckland and was last seen at
the city life hotel on queen street in the company of jessie kimson on the 1st of december at 9 41
p.m when she didn't respond to birthday messages the following day her mother became concerned and
contacted police three days later who started an investigation city life hotel reported that she
didn't return to her room that night and when police searched her room they found no evidence
of foul play but stated that they collected evidence which indicated she was no longer alive
a friend of graces showed police a message that she received from grace while she was on tinder
with a 26 year old jessie kimsen in which she says quote i clicked with him so well it would
be the very last communication that grace's friends and family would ever have with her
on the 9th of december 8 days after disappearing mullane's body was found in a suitcase off scenic
drive about 12 miles west of auckland kimson was arrested after police obtained cctv footage
where he's seen spending time with grace on the night of her disappearance at the sky tower and
andy's burger bar police interviews he lied about his and grace's actions that night
and would only change his story once he was confronted with evidence to the contrary at
his trial he appealed for name suppression which would mean that his name would not be made public
and it was granted only to be rejected later as it became obvious he was guilty
the jury also heard him described as a sociopath who tended to make the women that he communicated
with on tinder highly uncomfortable he was sentenced to 17 years in jail
with another 11 years added for previous crimes against other women
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