Voices: How women are using social media to get revenge on ‘terrible’ men
Although the reputation of internet sleuths has been tarnished of late, there’s no denying that, on occasion, they have demonstrated a certain flare for mystery-cracking. From aiding the police with Luka Magnotta’s capture in 2012 to TikTok tip-offs about Gabby Petito’s disappearance in 2021 – there are benefits to people being Very Online, and these digital communities can help provide vital information to solve real-life crimes.
Just this week the prowess of internet sleuths has once more been exhibited, after a Massachusetts-based woman named to find her husband Charles Withers, who, according to McGuire, left her
