Authorities in Georgia apprehended a man from Nebraska on Monday, following allegations that he traveled to Florida to abduct two young sisters he connected with on the gaming platform Roblox.
The accused, 19-year-old Hser Mu Lah Say, faces charges of kidnapping and interference with custody, according to Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek.
Sheriff Budensiek revealed that the suspect began communicating with the sisters, ages 12 and 14, last summer. Their interaction started on Roblox and later transitioned to Snapchat. The family, he noted, realized something was amiss in mid-2025 and believed they had halted the communication.
Contrary to their belief, the conversation continued via Snapchat in what Budensiek described as a “grooming process.” This led to the suspect driving nearly 24 hours from Omaha to Indiantown with the intention of taking the sisters back to Nebraska.
“While the girls appeared to go with him voluntarily, their young ages indicated they were likely being taken against their best interests,” Budensiek explained.
The family reported the girls missing to police around 8 p.m. on Saturday. According to Budensiek, the suspect had arrived that morning with plans to meet the sisters at a park. However, before any encounter, the family found the girls at the park, brought them back home, and confiscated their cell phones.
Communication continued via a family tablet, the sheriff said, and eventually the girls again left the house — without their cell phones — and got in the car with him around 6:45 p.m.
When the girls didn’t come home, family called 911.
Detectives were able to recover chats between the suspect and the girls on their phones — including a photo he’d sent them. Then they discovered the same person on surveillance video at a nearby convenience store, and that led to his vehicle.
As investigators searched for the vehicle, the family began to chat with him via the tablet at their home.
“He denied he had them, said he was concerned, that he cares about them and to keep me posted,” the sheriff said. “All the while he has them in his possession travelling on I-75.”
Finally, at about 1 a.m. the Georgia State Patrol saw the vehicle cross into Georgia and stopped it. The girls were inside and Say was taken into custody. He’s now awaiting extradition back to Florida.
“I think we prevented something disastrous,” Budensiek said. “He was repeatedly warning these young girls he could get into trouble. I don’t know what he was gonna do, but it wasn’t gonna be something good.”
Budensiek said he had romantic conversations with the girls, although they saw nothing sexually explicit and don’t believe they stopped anywhere before heading out of Florida.
The family went to Georgia and retrieved the girls.
Budensiek also said that the US Attorney’s Office was reviewing the case to see if any federal charges are warranted.
