In a harrowing report released late last week, it appears that 15-year-old Roblox user Thomas Medlin may have been targeted using the platform after apparently going missing on January 9. Medlin reportedly took a train from Long Island to Grand Central to meet another user he allegedly met in a Roblox chat thread.
In the original report from Long Island News 12, Medlin's mother stated that law enforcement suggested her son met someone on Roblox and planned a meet-up in person. However, a new statement from Roblox on social media (via Insider Gaming) suggests that there doesn't appear to be anything nefarious in the direct communications that Medlin had on the platform.
According to Roblox, the company found "no attempts to direct [Medlin] to an off-platform communication method, no sharing of off-platform contact information, including usernames, phone numbers or other communication methods," and found that "all chat content was consistent with typical in-game discussions."
There was also "no indication that he used voice chat," and the company promises to continue cooperating with law enforcement investigations into the boy's disappearance.
Roblox has been cooperating with law enforcement since their investigation into Medlin's disappearance earlier this...
