Why are we saying we're gonna them? And like what? Like it's there's no other word for it. It's disgusting. >> I absolutely agree with you. >> How old are you? >> I'm 53. >> And you are trying to have sex with a 17-year-old child. >> When deputies are called to check on a teenage boy vacationing in Florida, they make an appalling discovery. His phone reveals that he's been receiving explicit messages from an adult who wants more from him than texting. So, bottom line, I'm going to be honest with you. >> At this point, we're trying to >> cuz this is sick. >> Hey, get it out. Oh, yeah. It's definitely sick. >> The following report is based on official police records, and most of the footage has never been seen before until now. Please note that all persons charged with the crime are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law. In the middle of the night on March 29th, 2025, a dispatcher receives a call from a distressed woman who appears to be concerned about a 17-year-old boy. >> Walton County 911. What's the address of the emergency? >> There's weed underage kids. This little kid just left. They won't let me in the house. I'm trying to find my son's friend. >> I don't know where he is. I don't They told me he's in Seaside. I'm going to find him. The caller, 53-year-old Tracy Heinfeld, tells the dispatcher that she's been communicating with the teen and she's taking matters into her own hands. >> Texted me, said, "Can you please leave me alone?" I said, "Where are you? I'm on the phone with the cop." >> Mhm. >> So, I'm going to find out where he is and I'm going to go get him. Rear end. >> Okay. Is he staying with you? >> No, ma'am. He's not. He's there on spring break. Him and my son have been friends since they were in like sixth or seventh grade cuz they played football together. >> Mhm. >> And these kids are down here. He's with some kids. I have no idea who they are. >> Is your son with you? >> No, my son is actually in Orange Beach, which is where I came from to check on him. >> Oh, wow. Okay. Tracy says she took the late night trip from Orange Beach, Alabama to Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, nearly a 2-hour drive in an attempt to check on the boy herself. >> Where are his parents? I don't know. I'm about to call his mom. I'm Well, what I'm doing is I'm texting to say I'm calling his mom and that's going to that's going to freak him out because I'm looking at his second mother. >> Are you parked right outside the address? Yes. Yes, ma'am. >> Okay. Just stay in your vehicle for me. How did you find out that he could be at this address, though? Okay. I'm friends with most of my son's friends on social media. I think the deputy may have just pulled it behind me. >> Okay. Go ahead and make contact with him then. All right. >> Okay. Thank you so much. >> Yeah. No problem. Bye. >> Deputies with the Walton County Sheriff's Office arrive. But before they make it to Tracy's car, the teenager in question flags them down, revealing that he's scared of Tracy and shows a text exchange that leaves them deeply disturbed. >> So, why are we calling this young man baby daddy? We got the whole text feed, the whole Snapchat feed. >> You don't know what we're talking about. >> You don't know what I'm talking about. What my sergeant is talking about. Let me refresh your mind and then that way you make it easier for my sergeant. >> I know. >> So, if you know why you playing that game, >> it was the It was a bad It was a lapse in judgment. I had a little bit to drink this afternoon and he was drinking and I was concerned. >> How old are you? I'm 53. >> And you are trying to have sex with a 17-year-old child. And you can't say you weren't. It specifically states in there that you would even take him to the club and buy him liquor or whatever he wanted. I saw the text. >> I know him. I did not. >> Oh, yes, you did. Go ahead and read it to her. >> According to police records, Tracy began texting the teen earlier that evening. The first text read, "Hey, baby daddy, are you ready for me? I've been a very bad girl. Do you want to be bad with me? At first, the teen interacts with Tracy, but after she says that she's coming to pick him up, he shuts it down. >> You want me to refresh it again? We're going to do We're going to play that. >> Please, I did not say that. >> Cuz you've now lost state lines. >> There's There's We're not doing this. We're not doing this. >> Are you positive about it? >> So, you telling me that my sergeant is lying? >> No. No. I I'm sorry. I don't think that I said that about buying him a drink. >> Okay. Let's Let's begin with this. >> So, this is you, right? >> That's me. Uh-huh. So this is you. >> Well, that but that's I don't know this is you. >> That is my picture. I don't know if this is my current picture, though. Okay. >> On my text. >> Okay. I want to refresh your mind. >> Okay. Yes, sir. >> Okay. >> Yes, sir. >> But I just want you to see it. >> Okay. Yes, sir. >> I mean, I'll read it to you. >> I'll read it to her. Absolutely. >> I mean, she knows exactly what she what she wrote. She has it on her phone. >> It needs to sink in because she's obviously denying everything and it's it's it's literally right there. >> I need to see I'm already about halfway there. So, if when I get there, do you want to go to the club? I'll go to the pub with you and make maybe I can pick you up a drink and get you drunk and take advantage of you. Or maybe I won't. Maybe I'll just see you >> and see me and just turn around and go home. >> Do that? >> No, sir. >> So, this is not your phone. This that text message didn't come out. >> That did not come out of my I have not typed that. So, let me ask you a question. >> When I'm looking at this >> Yes, that's my picture. Yes. >> Yeah. And when I'm looking at this and I have his phone in my hand, >> Uhhuh. >> a picture of my truck. >> I took a picture of Yes. >> pops up on this same feed >> because I took it >> on this same feed. >> These kids are smart. >> According to police records, the teen's phone showed that Tracy sent him two photos, one of the sergeant's patrol vehicle and another of deputies standing in front of the house. Since the photos are part of the same conversation, the deputies use it to debunk Tracy's claim that it wasn't her who sent the inappropriate texts. >> We're not doing that. >> I think they're probably smarter than you are. >> I think they are. >> Yeah. >> Oh, no. We already determined that. I think you are the one who hasn't determined that yet. >> That is trying to sleep. You trying to have sex with a 17 years old crossing estate lines to come and have sex with a 17 year old which you already send it on your phone. You going to keep saying no? >> It's there in black and white. Earlier today, >> we are staying in Orange Beach. >> I don't care where you're staying. Okay. >> That's not where we at. >> We are on the text messages. >> Yes, sir. >> This is where we cared about. I don't care where you live. >> Text message didn't come from me. >> It did not. >> It's in the same exact feed that you sent a picture of my vehicle. >> I understand that, but I didn't. That is I did not write that. Tracy is confronted with one string of vulgar messages. One deputy reads it word for word. >> Okay. Well, this here is you. >> I'll you out there. We'll drive back to Orange Beach and I'm going to you out here and then I'll drive back to where you got to go and I'll you again I'll you here. I'll you there. I'll you everywhere is what you said. >> That's exactly the same thing when you said I'm calling the cops. I'm I'm on the phone with the cops. That wasn't you. >> That I did that I did say. And >> so the part where it says having sex with the boys, that's not you. But the one that shows my sergeant car and say I'm with the cops. That's you. >> Yes. >> That is very convenient, isn't it? >> Tracy has read her Miranda rights and continues speaking with the deputies, revealing the sickening way this all began. >> He was in like sixth grade. I've never thought anything about him >> whatsoever because he's a child. >> Okay. >> He's been out of our house a million times. I've taken him everywhere. >> You haven't done any sexual acts with him before? Absolutely. >> You haven't made any advances towards him? >> No. Okay. >> No, no, no. Um, never even crossed my mind. >> Okay. >> Um, about a year and a half ago, I was at the doctor's office in Moody, which is where he goes to school. >> He was homesick [clears throat] and he popped up something on like Instagram or something. I said, "Hey, how are you feeling?" And he says, "I I just want to tell you, I think you're so pretty and blah blah blah." And I'm like, >> "So, was he giving you attention?" >> He did. He did. >> So, he was giving you attention, >> but that was just that one time. And I said, "Okay." I just kind of like >> I [clears throat] was like, "You're like my son, blah, blah, blah." And never said anything else about it. >> And when we would go to football games and stuff, I completely just acted like nothing ever happened. But I need to get to the point of why are we saying we're going to them and like what? Like it's there's no other word for it. It's disgusting. >> I absolutely agree with you. >> So, Miss Tracy, yes, sir. >> Earlier you offered if we could see your phone. Is it right if I see your phone? >> Absolutely. >> All right. Perfect. Despite Tracy adamantly denying that she sent the obscene texts, that's not about to stop the deputy. >> We know what to look for. I am very thankful for my fiance. She showed me how to recover deleted messages. I'm looking at the messages sent from your phone to like I'm looking at it right now. The one that I specifically read to you and I'm looking at it. Did she delete him? >> Yes. >> That's smart. >> So, bottom line, I'm going to be honest with you. >> At this point, we're trying to >> because this is sick. >> Figure it out. Oh, yeah. It's definitely sick. >> Stand by. >> As deputies press Tracy for answers. The truth eventually begins to slip out. >> He's like a son to me. >> Well, you just want to have sex with him on the text message. >> I know. I said that. And it was it was a terrible terrible >> mistake. >> Yes. Oh my god. Yes. I was s laying there by myself feeling sad and lonely and sorry for myself was giving me attention and >> and you really thought that you were going to be able to have sex with this 17 years old? >> No. No. I No, it was just kind of a banter and and it was wrong. It was absolutely wrong. >> But you drove from Orange all the way here for what? For an adventure. >> Yes. Tracy was arrested and according to court documents pleaded no contest and was adjudicated guilty of traveling to meet after using a computer to lure a child. She was sentenced to 21 months in prison plus 3 years of sex offender probation. Tracy is now a registered sex offender in Florida. By law, she must also register in her home state of Alabama.