Key Takeaways
- Kenneth Livesey, 19, of Beaverlodge, Alberta, is charged with child luring and with making and possessing child sexual abuse and exploitation material.
- Police allege he met the girl on Roblox and moved the conversation to Snapchat, where the messages became sexualized; her parents found them and contacted Kelowna RCMP.
- He was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in court in Grande Prairie on November 18.
The conversation started in a game. Her parents found it in an app.
They met on Roblox. Her parents found the Snapchat messages.
It started on Roblox, an online gaming platform. Then the conversation moved to Snapchat.
According to Kelowna RCMP, a 19-year-old Alberta man allegedly met a B.C. girl through Roblox before the two began exchanging messages on Snapchat, where the messages became sexualized.
The girl's parents discovered the messages and reported them to Kelowna RCMP.
Now, Kenneth Livesey, 19, of Beaverlodge, Alberta, is facing child-exploitation charges following a joint investigation by Internet Child Exploitation units in Alberta and British Columbia.
Arrested October 29, with a court date approaching
Livesey was arrested on October 29, 2026.
He faces charges of child luring, making sexually explicit material available to a child, and making and possessing child sexual abuse and exploitation material.
He has been released from custody and is scheduled to appear in court on November 18 in Grande Prairie.
The charges have not been proven in court.
The detail investigators want parents to recognize
The conversation didn't stay on Roblox. It moved to Snapchat.
Acting Sergeant Matt Pepper of ALERT identified that platform switch as something parents should watch for.
"Diverting the conversation to other platforms is a common tactic by offenders to evade detection and in some case bypass existing safety protocols."
In this investigation, the girl's parents discovered the messages and contacted police.
Anyone with information about this investigation, or any child exploitation offence, is encouraged to contact their local police or Cybertip at cybertip.ca, Canada's national tip line for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children.
The Twikup Take
A game with chat controls. A messaging app. A household.
The conversation allegedly moved from Roblox to Snapchat, but the girl's parents discovered the messages and called police.
The warning from investigators isn't just about one gaming platform. It's about what can happen when a conversation moves somewhere else.
The platform switch is the warning sign parents should recognize.
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