According to social media, Aria Groves has been missing from the Arlington area of Jacksonville, Florida, since late October.
Those social media posts, including one from TikTok true-crime creator Matt Thibodeau, have brought national attention to the case. However, local authorities have not issued an Amber Alert. According to social media, Groves’ family was told the criteria had not been met.
Even so, Groves’ mother said her 12-year-old daughter had run away with a girlfriend named “Mary.” After she disappeared, her mother discovered that the girl had been communicating online with several adult men.
“I don’t want to go back to the grown man’s house”
The most alarming messages, reportedly sent by Groves through Facebook Messenger, show the 12-year-old pleading with her mother for money and an Uber ride, saying she was frightened and wanted to escape from the home of an adult man where she had been staying…