Wisconsin Woman, 79, Escapes Accused Dating App Predator



Investigators say Timothy Olson, a suspect in two separate death investigations, kidnapped his latest victim at gunpoint. WTMJ’s Taylor Lumpkin reports.

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41 comments

  1. She was not on a date. She got randomly kidnapped.

  2. How scary! And women that age are terrified of getting any injury cause it can take their mobility away forever. How terrified she must've been!!!

  3. Terminating an xy could have prevented this shut

  4. OMG I'm glad she's ok…. protect your family America 🇺🇸

  5. What are the chances of grandma end up at grandpa market

  6. The comments on here about seniors dating or using dating apps are disgusting. No one wants or needs to be alone.

  7. 70 years. Almost as many as she.

  8. She needs to be baking her grandkids cookies not on line looking for nookie

  9. Even in Massachusetts, I'd NEVER get in my car and have my car doors UNLOCKED. WOW! Poor lady…

  10. Watching the world unravel and there's a clip of a guy cheerfully pimping the news channel. Everytime.
    Creepy
    🚫

  11. He made her smoke the crack or meth too let me guess.

  12. This is a crazy story

  13. Sorry but finding dates online is stupid. Date people you have met and people that your friends or families know. I never dated perfect stranger, never dated any nut Cases. I know some about a person before dating.

  14. whos still dating at 79 ? lol

  15. Change the title! People in the comments section think this lady met this guy on a dating app. When she hadn’t met until 30 mins prior to the kidnapping. That clickbait title is an insult to the victim!

  16. I don’t understand what is going on in this world but watching the world news lately has been very sad. Get it together people find your morale compass❤

  17. She is a year short f 80, him telling her he was Mario at an Italian restaurant; realizing he wasn't hispanic, priceless, & sad.

  18. Sad she had the bravery to try a date app but she will now probably give up 😢

  19. That’s a super weird crime. 🤨

  20. Why didn’t she hop out the car at one of the gas stations and ask for help ?

  21. On a dating app at 79 years old.. WTF?!

  22. Dafuk are u gonna do with abold crusty bish

  23. Wow, people watching this video don't know that this guy was wanted for a couple weeks now in connection to a murder of a woman that he drugged at a bar.
    She was a mother of 3 and he wanted to guarantee that the night would end with s3x, o he put something in her drink and she ended up overdosing. It was later revealed
    that she was known for using dating apps to meet men for dinner and would ultimately convince them to buy them dinner to take home to their kids, so it's not
    surprising that she eventually ran into a guy that had 1 to many of those experiences…

  24. Why they putting her age on blast

  25. Reporter should mention this victim did not use a dating app, although the headline makes it appear so

  26. I came for the comments 😆

  27. Retitle this, please.🙄

  28. Sadly, there has been a rise in elderly people getting cat-fished. Though this report and headline is all over the place, since he didn't seem to pick her up like he did his other victims. Glad she survived.

  29. Dude is so desperate trying to kidnap and obviously assault a 79 year old woman…. give me a break

  30. She thought it was a drug dealer? Don’t get involved in those kind of stuff

  31. 👹👹 Country is taking over by criminals!

  32. I've never been forced to drink whiskey. That I remember.

  33. i am 62 years young. i learned my lesson,abount online dating as well.

  34. Truly hope I'm not still in the dating swamp at 79.

  35. Frick what is this world coming to