Private Investigator Claims Very Dangerous Side to Online Dating on Grindr, Bumble, Hinge, Tinder, OKCupid That Includes Rape and Murder

Be forewarned most dating apps do not do background checks on clients. Steven Gress has been charged with first-degree murder for the killing of Miranda Corsette who he met on the dating app Grindr. On Thursday, March 6th, a witness contacted police and said they had information about a possible kidnapping and homicide involving a missing teen. Through their investigation, detectives learned that 16-year-old Miranda Corsette was lured through social media app Grindr to meet 35-year-old Steven Gress on February 14th. After meeting him the first time, she went home and then the next day she returned to his home, a duplex at 2708 27th Ave. N. She was reported missing to Gulfport Police on February 24th. Miranda remained with Gress and his domestic partner, Michelle Brandes at the home. On February 20th, a dispute occurred and she was beaten. Sometime between February 20th and February 24th, she was killed. Gress then put her body in a car and drove to a house at 12243 Mallory Drive in Largo. Evidence at the Largo home indicates the body was dismembered, driven to Hillsborough County and placed in a dumpster at 2893 14th Avenue S.E., Ruskin. Detectives located the dumpster and are working to find the body. Gress is in custody. He was already in jail on unrelated charges. Police arrested him on March 5th for pointing a harpoon at his domestic partner, and for possessing drugs. 

The vast majority of dating apps do not conduct criminal background checks on their users. Most platforms explicitly state in their terms of service that they do not perform these screenings, as they are costly ($30–$100 per check), logistically difficult to standardize across jurisdictions, and can provide a false sense of security. Instead, most apps rely on basic photo or identity verification to confirm that users match their profile pictures. Online Dating Sites Have Included Serial Killers, Art Imitates Life; When a software developer creates a dating app that a serial killer uses to find his next targets, a woman is drawn into a dark world of romance and murder. Woman of the Hour, directed by Anna Kendrick, depicts the crimes of Rodney Alcala, who became known as the "Dating Game Killer". Alcala appeared as a bachelor on the Blind Date-style show in 1978, two years before he was convicted of the murder of a 12-year-old girl. He was eventually found guilty of eight murders in total, however it's thought he killed many more women and girls. Alcala died in prison in 2021. Rodney Alcala was a serial killer and sex offender who was found guilty of eight murders across New York, California, and Wyoming between 1971 and 1979. However, he is suspected of killing more than 100 women and girls.

Feb 23, 2023; Benjamin Foster accused of kidnapping and assaulting a woman in Oregon years after being charged with holding another woman captive in Nevada had been on the run and active on dating apps, authorities say. A spokesperson from Match Group, which owns Tinder, Hinge, OKCupid, Match and Plenty of Fish, said in a Monday afternoon email that it did not have any information to confirm Foster is on its platforms, but was continuing to look into it. Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, was considered "an extremely dangerous suspect" and was wanted for attempted murder, kidnapping, rape and assault, according to the police department in Grants Pass in southwestern Oregon. Police have been pursuing Foster since Jan. 24 2023, when they responded to a call about an assault at a residence and found a woman who had been "bound and severely beaten into unconsciousness." She was hospitalized in critical condition. Foster died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after being taken into custody during a standoff with law enforcement. Most dating apps do not run criminal background checks. As of late last year, four Match Group sites — Tinder, Match, Plenty of Fish and the single parent dating app Stir — allow users to run background checks using the platform Garbo, provided they have at least their match's first name and phone number. Or, You Better Call Bill 941-926-1926!

FAKE PROFILES at OurTime, eHarmony, Siver singles, Bumble, Hinge, Tinder, OKCupid, Plenty of Fish, the video chat app Azar, the League, Match, and others. DON'T BE FOOLED FIND OUT WHO THEY REALLY ARE. With as many as 40 million single Americans using online dating services or web-networking sites to look for love, it would seem that there has never been an easier time to find a soulmate online. Private investigator Bill Warner warns that the world of internet romance is fraught with peril with scammers who hide their motives behind seemingly innocuous virtual identities. Scammers use fake profiles to get with lonely people online and eventually start the money train to them. The apps don’t create fake profiles, people do. DON'T SEND CASH! See private investigator Bill Warner's "Romance Scammers" interview for International News article concerning “The dangerous side of online dating” by Gretchen Peters Foreign Correspondent, see https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/the-americas/the-dangerous-side-of-online-dating-1.594340

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