A “furry” has been arrested on charges of kidnapping after allegedly grooming a 13-year-old boy and taking him from his family.
Aaron Zeman, also known as Tadashi Kura Kojima, was apprehended in Grand Island, Nebraska on December 28 after being reported to police by a Git-N-Split gas station attendant. The attendant had become suspicious after seeing Zeman’s car parked in the lot for an extended period of time. Once police arrived, they found a 13-year-old boy who had been the subject of an active AMBER Alert in the vehicle with Zeman.
The victim had been reported missing by his family in Layton, Utah on December 27. A desperate campaign for information was launched on Facebook, with the community rallying to try and locate the boy.
In a local media report on the disappearance, the family stated that they first discovered Zeman, 26, and their son had begun communicating via Twitter and TextNow in late November. Zeman had been sending and requesting lewd images from the minor.
At the time, they did not know who was behind the accounts who had been messaging their son, and brought his phone to Layton Police for assistance. The department subsequently issued subpoenas to Twitter and other relevant apps in an effort to gather information.
But while police were waiting for the results of those subpoenas, Zeman found other ways to get in touch with the teen.
Zeman reportedly began using a Meta Oculus device to contact the boy just prior to driving from his home in Arizona to Utah to take him. When the two were found, they were 800 miles away in Nebraska.
According to the Grand Island City Police, Zeman was approached by officers after responding to a call from a gas station attendant who felt his behavior was suspicious. Officers observed a juvenile male in Zeman’s car, and quickly identified him as the abducted child from Utah.
A press release from Grand Island police states that Zeman did become hostile towards officers during arrest, and was ultimately charged with kidnapping and resisting arrest. The 13-year-old victim has been reunited with his family in Utah and is uninjured. Police have stated additional charges may be pursued after further investigation.
Zeman is in custody in Nebraska at the Hall County Jail, and was booked under the name Tadashi Kura Kojima. His bond is currently set at 10% of $1 Million, and his next hearing is scheduled for January 30.
Grand Island City Police have handed the case over to the FBI and Utah authorities. According to Nebraska Central News, they hope to issue a letter of commendation to the vigilant gas station attendant whose actions ultimately saved the boy.
Two Twitter accounts belonging to Zeman are still active on the platform, and both contain disturbing material.
On one of his accounts, where Zeman uses the name Hunter Horny Fox, he describes himself as a “Gay/Demi Furry Fox,” and appears in his profile photo wearing a “leather pup” mask. Almost all of the tweets on the account are highly sexual, and Zeman posted several photos of his genitals.
Some of the posts utilize fetishistic captions, with Zeman speaking directly to a person he calls his “lamb” or his “baby boy.”
In a post from December 11, ostensibly the same time Zeman was planning to abduct the victim in Utah, he tweeted: “I love you so heckin much, my Lamb. I was looking at your pictures and .. gah damn, I wanna slide into your throat so bad! Give daddy’s tip a little kiss then let me feel my baby boy’s soft beautiful lips, my love.” He accompanied the post with a photo of his erection.
In another, Zeman uploaded a video of himself masturbating while referring to sexual material he had apparently received from a “very special boy.”
On his second account, which uses a similar handle, Zeman repeatedly gushes over the individual he calls his “lamb” and his “special prince.”
In the pinned tweet on that account, Zeman appears to directly refer to his situation with the 13-year-old victim, mentioning a “man” he had been talking to via virtual reality chat since late November. This would have been the time the victim’s family first went to police.
In another tweet from December 12, Zeman posts the lyrics to a song from Dora the Explorer titled “I’m the map.”
While the song is about a literal map who helps Dora find her way, “MAP” is commonly understood to be an acronym for “minor attracted person” — a term which is largely seen as an attempt to rebrand pedophilia as a more acceptable attraction.
On December 18, Zeman posted a photo of drug paraphernalia he was collecting to share with his “baby boi.” In the tweet, he writes: “Did I mention we’re going on a ‘trip~’? Hehehe Can’t wait, my Lamb! Lesgooo! x/3 I guess we’re going on two kinds of trips, nyehe!”
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