13. Kacie Woody: The Origin of Grooming

In 2002, Kacie Woody is a 13-year-old in rural Arkansas using dial-up internet and instant messages on the family computer. A new online “friendship” becomes constant contact, then control. When she disappears, investigators trace chat logs, usernames, and travel records to a suspect moving through motel rooms, rentals, and a storage unit... revealing one of the early cases that defined what we now call grooming.