A federal grand jury has indicted 39-year-old Tyler Thomas on nine charges connected to the disappearance and death of Hailey Buzbee, a 17-year-old Indiana girl he met online.
Buzbee was reported missing from Fishers, Indiana, on Jan. 6 after leaving a note stating she had run away. Thomas turned himself in to law enforcement on Jan. 31, admitting he picked Buzbee up and drove her to Columbus, Ohio, though his initial claim that he left her on the side of a road was disproven by investigators.
According to court records, Thomas communicated with the teen through Roblox and the encrypted app Session. Investigators later discovered child sexual abuse material on his devices, and Thomas led federal agents to Buzbee’s remains in Wayne National Forest…