FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — An 18-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday on allegations that she engaged in sexually explicit online conversations with a 13-year-old boy over a three-week period and encouraged him to harm himself, authorities confirmed.
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department identified the suspect as Monique Lynn Senior.
Jail records show she faces one count each of transmission of material harmful to minors by electronic device and soliciting a child for unlawful sexual conduct using computer services or devices.
According to investigators, the case began on April 28 when the boy’s mother filed an incident report after noticing her son was “acting different,” exhibiting unusual behavior, and becoming increasingly focused on his cellphone and an online friendship with Senior, who is known as “Hatch.”
The report states that the boy’s mother told police she later discovered concerning online exchanges involving her son and the account tied to Hatch, including sexually explicit material involving the victim.
Detectives said they reviewed ongoing chats between the victim and the account associated with Senior on Discord and TikTok, which showed repeated exchanges of sexual messages and images.
Investigators also said the conversations included messages in which the boy discussed self-harm and suicide, and that the suspect responded with comments encouraging harmful behavior, according to the report.
In one message cited by police, the boy wrote, “What if I jumped off a building,” adding that he thought it “would create a scene,” according to investigators.
According to investigators, Senior replied, “If you want to create a scene, do it in someone’s bedroom over their sleeping body, someone who deserves to see it.”
Police said another message from the suspect stated, “There’s so many ways to harm yourself bro get creative remember dhmis.”
Detectives said “dhmis” refers to “Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared,” a “surreal horror web series” that they described in the report as containing abrupt and violent content.
Authorities also confirmed that Senior sent sexual images of herself to the boy and expressed a desire to engage in sexual activity with him.
The boy’s mother told investigators she knew the suspect and had met her previously at her home, and said she is seeking to pursue charges on behalf of her son, according to the report.
As of Friday afternoon, Senior remained in the North Broward Bureau jail facility in Pompano Beach on a $100,000 bond.
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