Teen sneaks to Mideast to meet MySpace pal

[UmmSqueakster 54]

And my parents were mad when I, at 22 went to Egypt to meet my future husband. See mom, it could always be worse

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/09/myspace.r...y.ap/index.html

DETROIT, Michigan (AP) -- A 16-year-old girl who flew to the Middle East to see a man she met on MySpace.com was detained in Jordan and was headed home Friday, an FBI spokesman said.

U.S. officials persuaded Katherine Lester to take the return flight from Amman, FBI Special Agent Robert Beeckman said from the agency's Detroit office.

Katherine had disappeared from her home in Gilford, in eastern Michigan, on Monday and apparently planned to visit a man whose MySpace account describes him as a 25-year-old from Jericho, said Tuscola County Undersheriff James Jashinske.

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[AngelK96 0]

Hehe!

Wonder where she got the money for a trip there. Flying to Amman is expensive nowadays. Sneaky girl!!

[iceyspots 0]

geez... and she's from michigan too... she could've found plenty of arabs in metro detroit lol

[Meriem_DZ 37]

Unbelievable! How can a minor travel with out a parent? Especially an international flight. Do the airports not check the age of the kids? Wonder if they could be liable if something would have happened to her.

Meriem

[MrsAmera 41]

I believe if you are 16 you can travel internationally. When I was 17 I flew to Germany alone and no one asked any questions. *shrugs* Guess her parents should have kept better tabs on her - not to mention figured out there was 1000$+ missing from somewhere....