Missing Girl's Inactive Facebook Profile Alerted Family

The case of Bethany Anne Decker, a 21-year-old pregnant woman from Virginia who has been missing since the middle of January, shows how police clue into a Facebook profile to see if they can help find someone.

The case of Bethany Anne Decker, a 21-year-old pregnant woman from Virginia who has been missing since the middle of January, shows how police can clue into a Facebook profile to see if they can help find someone.

A senior at George Mason University in Washington, D.C. , Decker’s profile was active for some time after she was last seen on January 29, which led her family to believe that she was fine. It wasn’t until her Facebook profile ceased all activity that her family made a more real-time effort to be in touch.

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