Ransom demand made for missing Virginia Beach boy was a scam

Ransom demand sent to family of Virginia boy who is subject of Amber Alert
The parents of a missing child received ransom demands via a private messaging app as police searched the area, prompting investigators to upgrade the case to an abduction.
Ransom demands in tragic death of Virginia boy found to be scam
The Office of the Medical Examiner determined that 12-year-old Juan Sebastian Mejia Acevedo's cause of death was accidental drowning.
Amber Alert issued for abducted Virginia Beach boy, 12
According to the alert notice, Acevedo was abducted at 9 a.m. Friday and was last seen in the 200 block of Mica Avenue in Virginia Beach. That’s part of a large apartment complex in the Kempsville area of the city, west of Holland Road and south of Interstate 264.
Police: Ransom demand for Virginia Beach boy, 12, was a scam
Since the weekend, police have worked to find who may have sent the ransom messages. According to the Virginia Beach Police Department, investigators partnered with federal officials to trace the source to someone outside the U.S.; police said the messages were “a scam to obtain money from a family in distress.”
12-year-old Virginia Beach boy drowned, medical examiner says
The death of a 12-year-old boy whose body was found three days after he was reported missing was ruled an accidental drowning. Donna Price, a spokeswoman for the Tidewater Medical Examiner’s Office, released the information about the death of Juan Sebastian Mejia Acevedo in an email Wednesday afternoon.
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Ransom demand for Virginia Beach 12-year-old boy was a scam, police say
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