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13-year-old girl sex trafficked after meeting groomer on Snapchat leading to sexual assault in Bucks County Pennsylvania

Feb 1, 2025Bucks County, United States2 sources

Summary

A 13-year-old girl became a sex trafficking victim after meeting a 29-year-old man online through Snapchat. The man, Zachary Lee McCauley, lied about his age and groomed the girl for sexual images. He then forced her to create a Grindr account, which led to her being picked up by two men in Bucks County, Pennsylvania: 42-year-old Randy Francis Quinn and 67-year-old Thomas Van Ingen, who sexually assaulted her. McCauley allegedly threatened the girl’s mother to coerce her into these encounters. The girl’s mother became aware of the abuse in February after hearing about a separate child sex abuse case and contacted authorities. Three men have been charged in the case, with McCauley being held in Kentucky awaiting extradition, while the two Bucks County men were released on bail.

Incident Details

Domain
Child Safety

Harms involving the exploitation, abuse, or endangerment of minors, including CSAM and grooming.

Harm Types
CSAM

Child sexual abuse material — the creation, distribution, or possession of such content.

Grooming

Online contact by adults seeking to build trust with minors for exploitation.

Trafficking
Mechanism
contact
Severity
Minor involved
Recipient
IndividualA 13-year-old girl from Bucks County, Pa.
Dimensions
physicalpsychologicalautonomydiscriminatory