In This Interrogation The Guy Has An Explanation For Everything
September 19, 2026
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5 min read"I Was Just Messing With Her"
A 23-year-old store manager named Justin sits in an interrogation room, handcuffed, across from a detective who has already caught him in one lie. The detective explains she's investigating a missing teenage girl and that a search warrant on the girl's phone led her to Justin. After reading him his Miranda rights, the detective asks him to explain what happened.
Justin immediately begins talking—and doesn't stop.
The Explanation
Justin says he found the girl on a website called Skip the Games, which he describes as a platform where people offer "donations" for companionship. He says an old coworker told him about it. He claims he wasn't looking for sex—he was bored, lonely, and wanted to mess with people.
"I was just trying to get my mind off things," he says. He compares himself to YouTubers who expose scammers, saying he wanted to see how far people on the site would go. "I screw with these people," he explains. "You're gonna screw with me, I screw with you back."
The girl's profile said she was 19. Justin says he thought that was legal. When she told him her real age—much younger—he says he kept texting her anyway. He offered her $100 for sex. He asked for photos. He asked her to meet at a gas station. But he insists it was all a game, a way to pass time at his oil change shop, and that he never intended to actually meet anyone.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:29) **Interrogation Setup: Detective Introduces the Case** - Detective Parish explains she's investigating a missing minor and that the subject's name came up through a search warrant on the girl's phone, leading to his arrest.
- 2 (02:32) **Establishing Rapport: Background and Personal Life** - The detective asks about the subject's job as a store manager at Take 5, his girlfriend (whom he calls his wife), and his young son.
- 3 (04:34) **The Inciting Incident: The "Skip the Games" Website** - The detective reveals the search warrant on the missing girl's phone led them to the subject, and she asks him to explain his involvement.
- 4 (05:27) **The Subject's Explanation: Boredom and a Sexless Relationship** - He justifies his behavior by stating his girlfriend has postpartum depression and they haven't been intimate in three months.
- 5 (08:28) **The Critical Admission: Contacting the Missing Girl** - The subject admits he reached out to the missing girl, who was listed as 19 on the site, and began texting her.
- 6 (14:34) **The Employee Witness: Texting from Work** - The detective clarifies that the subject was texting the girl from his store, with an employee sitting next to him.
- 7 (15:37) **The Detective's Challenge: Why Didn't You Report Her?** - The detective presses him on why he didn't call the police if he genuinely believed the girl was a minor or in danger.
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