Heartwarming, FBI Uses Nintendo Switch Game Console to Find Missing Kidnapped 15-Year-Old Girl

Liputan6.com, Jakarta – This heartwarming story of technology being used for good happened recently. The FBI teamed up with Nintendo to find a 15-year-old girl who was missing because she was kidnapped from her home in Arizona, United States (AI).

The girl has been missing for several weeks, and her family desperately needs info that can help bring her home. It was then that the FBI turned to an unlikely source, namely the poor girl’s Nintendo Switch.

To quote GizchinaThursday (20/7/2023), the Switch game console finally helped the FBI find the missing girl who was 2,000 miles from her home in Virginia.

So, how can the FBI find the girl using only the Nintendo Switch?

According to court records, the FBI was able to use info transmitted from the girl’s Nintendo Switch to help find her.

Switches, like many devices games modern, has a variety of features that can connect to the internet and communicate with other devices. By analyzing the data transmitted from the girl’s Switch, the FBI was able to pinpoint her location and track her down.

ABC News reported the perpetrator named Ethan Roberts (28) went to Virginia to pick her up after making her a friend on line. He then kidnaps the girl and forces her to be in contact with products inappropriate for children.

During the kidnapping, Roberts allowed the girl to take his Switch game console with him. Yes, this is the key to solving the case.

While on Amazonas, the girl used a Switch to download games and go to YouTube. A friend saw the girl’s name appear on the Switch’s activity list and immediately contacted the FBI.