A former intensive care unit nurse from Hart County has been sentenced to years in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking a 16-year-old girl in Fulton County.
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced Saturday that Reed Cohen Skelton, 26, of Bowersville, targeted the teenager through social media apps, including Snapchat, before abducting and exploiting her months later.
“This is the disturbing reality that we’re seeing online, where traffickers are targeting our children for abuse and exploitation,” Carr said. “Whether it’s Snapchat or Roblox or any other app, child predators will find a way to communicate with their next victim, and we’re doing everything in our power to stop them. Our team is on the ground leading this fight, and we won’t rest until every child is safe and every trafficker is brought to justice.”
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According to court records, Skelton first made online contact with the teenager and communicated with her over several months, exchanging sexually explicit content. In November 2024, he traveled to Cobb County to pick up the girl and took her to a hotel in Fulton County, where he rented a room and had sex with her, paying $500. He also created and kept digital files of the abuse…