This case is one window into something much bigger.
When Kylie Arellano was found, the FBI Director used the announcement to warn "gore groups" that target children. The Justice Department says she was groomed on platforms these networks use.
The network is called 764. The FBI classifies it as nihilistic violent extremism.
All 56 FBI field offices are working these cases. More than 500 subjects are under investigation.
They find kids on Discord, Roblox, Minecraft, Telegram, Snapchat. They build trust. Then come the demands… explicit images, self-harm, cruelty to pets. All of it on camera.
The victims are mostly girls, 10 to 17. Many of the predators are teenagers themselves.
Parents… check the messages. Check Discord. Check every app with a chat function, including the games. Know who your child talks to at night.
Watch for fresh cuts or carvings, long sleeves in warm weather, a harmed pet, sudden secrecy around a phone.
If you find something, save it and report it.. 1-800-CALL-FBI.
Missing 15-year-old Utah girl found alive after spending 500 days locked inside a "torture chamber" of a s*xual predator. Kylie Arellano, now 17, went missing in May of 2025. She was reportedly abducted by 39-year-old Adam Hunter Harmel, who locked her in his basement, where he allegedly frequently s*xually assaulted her. Federal prosecutors say the teen was groomed online by Harmel before they met in person in May of 2025. Harmel drove and picked her up in Perry, Utah. When she got in the car, he threw her phone into a river and abducted her to Huntington, Oregon. The initial search for Arellano in 2025 was unsuccessful, and it wasn't until the teen reached out to another player on the "Among Us" game that she was found. After befriending the online player, Arellano took the conversation off-platform and told the girl that she was being held against her will in Oregon. The girl's mom then contacted the FBI, prompting Oregon State Police and federal agents to rescue Arellano. Harmel reportedly forced Arellano to share a bed with him for 18 months, during which he repeatedly s*xually assaulted her and beat her. He also made her remove her braces with pliers and slept with a knife under the mattress. Harmel was also accused of s*xually assaulting a six-year-old girl in his house. He was not indicted for this case. He faces a minimum of 10 years in prison for the crimes against Arellano.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 10, 2026
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