Overview
- Prosecutors said Alyson Cranick used text messages, Snapchat, then Discord to groom the child in 2022, exchanging more than 4,700 messages on Discord.
- Officials said she induced the boy to leave his home after midnight and sexually assaulted him during repeated meetings.
- State police affidavits describe at least 14 encounters at Columbia Lake, Horace Porter School in Columbia, and Salmon River State Forest in Colchester.
- Cranick was arrested on state charges on November 14, 2023, has been detained since November 28, 2023, and was federally charged in July 2024.
- The investigation involved the FBI Child Exploitation Task Force and Connecticut State Police, with federal prosecutors handling the case through the DOJ initiative.