New York boy, 15, missing after traveling to NYC to meet someone he met on Roblox, family says
The family of a missing 15-year-old Long Island boy say their son disappeared two weeks ago after going to New York City to meet someone he met through the online game Roblox.
Thomas Medlin left the Stony Brook School around 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 9 and "ran" to the Stony Brook Train station, where he boarded a train to Grand Central Station in New York City, the Suffolk County Police Department said in a news release on Jan. 12.
Police released a surveillance image of Thomas at Grand Central Station, where detectives say he was last seen around 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 9.
Yan said that behavior was unlike Thomas.
"He has never left our side," Yan told the outlet through tears.
"I just can’t believe why he left in the first place," James Medlin, Thomas’ father, told the outlet.
I don't use it, but i heard roblox is bad, your kids should never be unsupervised if they're playing an online game where people can reach out to them. Before hand, you should probably train them to never give their real information out, including not confirm any guesses about them if it's true. In fact, make it a rule to watch them play, and praise them if you ever notice them protecting their information, to let them know they're doing the right thing.