Recently in an Indiana grocery store a mom and daughter were shopping quite late(which is rare they stated). They noticed 3 men and a woman shopping as well; eventually, the 3 men and lady were shopping in the same aisles as the mom & daughter(15 yo). Even if mom and daughter changed directions & aisles the group would as well. Mom & daughter became suspicious and worried. M&D went to the self-checkout as well as the stalking group. After checking out M&D were almost out the door when Mom said to the daughter "we forgot lettuce" and turned back into the store; the stalking group made a comment that they forgot something as well. M&D went to a store employee and asked that he/she call security...there was no security(30 minutes before closing...11:30pm). Mom asked to have a male employee/manager escort them out to their vehicle because this group had followed them throughout the store. When the M&D were escorted out they watched the group walk to a car that was a 4-door vehicle; all four doors were wide open with one additional man waiting in the vehicle. M&D both felt they were the target of something sinister. In Indiana you can text 911...it's recommended that a call is better, but there are certain situations where there is a need for discretion. In my opinion mom or daughter should have been calling/texting 911. I would not have even trusted being escorted by a male...there were four males in the stalking group & one female. I believe the target was the 15 y/o...I believe she would have been kidnapped as they disabled mom; and, then sold into the child trafficking industry. SAD
Never EVER discount your gut feeling about something. Perhaps as knowledge increases about these evil people, we will be more bold about calling police or taking pictures or license numbers. In the Indiana case they could have followed them home. They do seem to operate in groups and that would be hard to overcome. IMHO this all is on the rise so we have to be vigilant.
Recently in an Indiana grocery store a mom and daughter were shopping quite late(which is rare they stated). They noticed 3 men and a woman shopping as well; eventually, the 3 men and lady were shopping in the same aisles as the mom & daughter(15 yo). Even if mom and daughter changed directions & aisles the group would as well. Mom & daughter became suspicious and worried. M&D went to the self-checkout as well as the stalking group. After checking out M&D were almost out the door when Mom said to the daughter "we forgot lettuce" and turned back into the store; the stalking group made a comment that they forgot something as well. M&D went to a store employee and asked that he/she call security...there was no security(30 minutes before closing...11:30pm). Mom asked to have a male employee/manager escort them out to their vehicle because this group had followed them throughout the store. When the M&D were escorted out they watched the group walk to a car that was a 4-door vehicle; all four doors were wide open with one additional man waiting in the vehicle. M&D both felt they were the target of something sinister. In Indiana you can text 911...it's recommended that a call is better, but there are certain situations where there is a need for discretion. In my opinion mom or daughter should have been calling/texting 911. I would not have even trusted being escorted by a male...there were four males in the stalking group & one female. I believe the target was the 15 y/o...I believe she would have been kidnapped as they disabled mom; and, then sold into the child trafficking industry. SAD
Never EVER discount your gut feeling about something. Perhaps as knowledge increases about these evil people, we will be more bold about calling police or taking pictures or license numbers. In the Indiana case they could have followed them home. They do seem to operate in groups and that would be hard to overcome. IMHO this all is on the rise so we have to be vigilant.