• Cimarron Thomas: Killed by the UK's Most Prolific Catfisher

  • Nov 14 2024
  • Length: 31 mins
  • Podcast

Cimarron Thomas: Killed by the UK's Most Prolific Catfisher

  • Summary

  • Cimarron Thomas was a beautiful, happy-go-lucky 12-year old little girl from West, Virginia. She was the kind of young lady who loved playing the violin, spending time with her family and chatting with her friends on social media apps, like Snapchat. However, in May of 2018, without warning, she ended her own life using her father’s legally owned handgun. Her little sister would find her body in her bedroom and tragically only 18 months later, her father, feeling guilty and devastated over the loss of his daughter, ended his own life too. What could be the cause of such a senseless tragedy, resulting in the loss of two lives?

    No one in the family would have those answers for years, until 2021, when police forces in Northern Ireland contacted them. During one of their investigations, officers had made a shocking discovery - chat logs between Cimarron and a man who they suspected of extreme sexual exploitation. The 12-year-old little girl was believed to be a victim of 26-year-old Alexander McCartney, who is alleged to have targetted as many as 3,500 children on 64 devices between 2013 and 2019. The heartbreaking reason she had taken her life would be found in chat logs on his computer, saved like some kind of sick trophy.

    Sources:

    https://www.judiciaryni.uk/judicial-decisions/2024-nicc-30

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7897plqy3zo

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14001169/Alexander-McCartney-catfishing-sentencing-Cimarron-Thomas.html

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2yj24xge1o

    https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2023/12/11/teens-social-media-and-technology-2023/

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