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In a concerning turn of events, a Nebraska man was apprehended in Georgia on Monday after allegedly traveling to Florida to abduct two young sisters he had encountered on the gaming platform, Roblox.
The accused, 19-year-old Hser Mu Lah Say, is facing charges of kidnapping and interference with custody, according to Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek.
Sheriff Budensiek revealed that Say had been in contact with the sisters, aged 12 and 14, since the previous summer. Their interactions began on Roblox and later transitioned to Snapchat. Despite the family’s attempts to halt the communication in mid-2025, their efforts proved unsuccessful.
The persistent exchange on Snapchat developed into what Budensiek described as a “grooming process.” This ultimately led Say to embark on an almost 24-hour drive from Omaha to Indiantown, Florida, with the intention of taking the sisters back to Nebraska.
“While it appears the girls left willingly, their age indicated a situation where they were likely being removed from our community,” Budensiek noted.
The family called 911 at about 8 p.m. on Saturday and reported the girls missing. Apparently, Budensiek said, the suspect had arrived Saturday morning and was planning to meet the girls at a park. But before that could happen, the family found them at the park, brought them home, and took 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.