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My sister (17f) I’ll call her Emily, became friends with a girl (16f) I’ll call her Julia, at her school a few months ago. We think Julia’s family is trying to groom Emily. We just can’t figure out why or what is really going on. My sister is pretty trusting and naive, she also doesn’t notice when things are off or ask questions.

My family has never met Julia or her family. Julia lives with her mom and has a brother (27m) who Emily was told does not live there but always seems to be there. Julia always invites Emily to hangout at her place. Emily has stayed there for multiple sleepovers, sometimes turning into two nights in a row.

It seems they rent one or two rooms in a house with a bunch of rooms for rent. However, we found a listing for a room for rent in this house and it appears to be Julia’s room. Emily was also told that Julia cannot be in the house when the landlord comes.

Julia seems to be under constant supervision unless she’s at school. She is driven to and from school by her mom or her brother. She is not allowed to fully close her bedroom door, despite them living in a house with other tenants. She is not allowed to come to my parent’s house to hangout with Emily.

Recently Julia’s mom started telling Emily that there is a room for rent in their house, and that she should move there this summer. And this past weekend Julia’s mom asked Emily for our mom’s number. She then texted our mom about Emily moving into this room for rent this summer and how she will help Julia and Emily become responsible and get jobs. This was happening while Emily was at their house. When Emily got home, our mom told her that she will not be moving into this room, and Emily got very upset and started spewing a bunch of nonsense about my parents being too controlling. After she calmed down and one of our other sisters talked to her, we realized that Julia’s family is trying to convince her that my parents are controlling and that it would be better to live with them. We explained to her how weird this situation is and she understands now and will not be hanging out with Julia outside of school from now on.

The next day Julia asked if she wanted to come over after school to study. Emily said no. Emily had left something at their place and Julia said they would meet her at a nearby plaza to drop it off. Emily met them there and my parents followed her and saw her getting into their car. They were supposedly going to drive her home (why not just drop it off at her house?) my parents blocked the car and brought Emily home themselves. The next morning Julia asked to meet at a coffee shop near their school before school. Emily said no, I’ll see you at school, and then Julia didn’t show up to school. Julia didn’t answer when Emily asked why she wasn’t at school. This was this morning.

We looked at Julia’s Snapchat contact in Emily’s phone, and she has Julia as her contact name with Emily, but then appears to have a Public account with a different name, and a bio that says “taken and engaged to my fiance”. I’m not sure how Snapchat works but this seems super weird.

Do we call the police? Is this girl being trafficked? Is the brother really her brother? Is the mom really her mom? We’re very confused and worried, but don’t know if there’s anything we can actually do.

Also if there’s another subreddit I should post this on please let me know, thanks!

My sister (17f) I’ll call her Emily, became friends with a girl (16f) I’ll call her Julia, at her school a few months ago. We think Julia’s family is trying to groom Emily. We just can’t figure out why or what is really going on. My sister is pretty trusting and naive, she also doesn’t notice when things are off or ask questions.

My family has never met Julia or her family. Julia lives with her mom and has a brother (27m) who Emily was told does not live there but always seems to be there. Julia always invites Emily to hangout at her place. Emily has stayed there for multiple sleepovers, sometimes turning into two nights in a row.

It seems they rent one or two rooms in a house with a bunch of rooms for rent. However, we found a listing for a room for rent in this house and it appears to be Julia’s room. Emily was also told that Julia cannot be in the house when the landlord comes.

Julia seems to be under constant supervision unless she’s at school. She is driven to and from school by her mom or her brother. She is not allowed to fully close her bedroom door, despite them living in a house with other tenants. She is not allowed to come to my parent’s house to hangout with Emily.

Recently Julia’s mom started telling Emily that there is a room for rent in their house, and that she should move there this summer. And this past weekend Julia’s mom asked Emily for our mom’s number. She then texted our mom about Emily moving into this room for rent this summer and how she will help Julia and Emily become responsible and get jobs. This was happening while Emily was at their house. When Emily got home, our mom told her that she will not be moving into this room, and Emily got very upset and started spewing a bunch of nonsense about my parents being too controlling. After she calmed down and one of our other sisters talked to her, we realized that Julia’s family is trying to convince her that my parents are controlling and that it would be better to live with them. We explained to her how weird this situation is and she understands now and will not be hanging out with Julia outside of school from now on.

The next day Julia asked if she wanted to come over after school to study. Emily said no. Emily had left something at their place and Julia said they would meet her at a nearby plaza to drop it off. Emily met them there and my parents followed her and saw her getting into their car. They were supposedly going to drive her home (why not just drop it off at her house?) my parents blocked the car and brought Emily home themselves. The next morning Julia asked to meet at a coffee shop near their school before school. Emily said no, I’ll see you at school, and then Julia didn’t show up to school. Julia didn’t answer when Emily asked why she wasn’t at school. This was this morning.

We looked at Julia’s Snapchat contact in Emily’s phone, and she has Julia as her contact name with Emily, but then appears to have a Public account with a different name, and a bio that says “taken and engaged to my fiance”. I’m not sure how Snapchat works but this seems super weird.

Do we call the police? Is this girl being trafficked? Is the brother really her brother? Is the mom really her mom? We’re very confused and worried, but don’t know if there’s anything we can actually do.

Also if there’s another subreddit I should post this on please let me know, thanks!