Kacie Woody was 13 when she began talking online to someone she believed was a teenage boy. In reality, the person behind the screen was a 47-year-old teacher named Gary Taylor. When Kacie disappeared from Van Buren, Arkansas, investigators followed the AOL messages, the false identity, and the meeting arranged through the internet. The digital trail revealed how the deception worked and where the conversation led. This story examines one of the early cases in which online records became central to a missing-child investigation. If you enjoy digital evidence, internet mysteries, and true crime cases built around a single hidden identity, this one's for you.

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