BARRIE, Ontario, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A 16-year-old Ontario, Canada, boy returned home after two days allegedly spent with a 42-year-old fellow online gamer he called his "soulmate," police said.
After Andrew Kane met Texas mother of four Lauri Price while playing World of Warcraft, they developed an online relationship, leading to Price flying from Houston to Toronto to meet the boy, The Globe and Mail reported Friday.
Tuesday night Kane had asked his parents to drive him to a nearby hotel where he was to meet Price, and dumbfounded, they refused. He left at 2 a.m. local time and disappeared for two days, leaving his parents pleading with him via computer to return, the Globe said.
Then they started reading his chats with the woman, which had begun more than a year ago. They showed the chats to the police, they said.
"All they had to do was read the chat logs and they were immediately concerned," Kane said of her son's relationship with the woman. "He said she was his soulmate."
Price left a note to his parents when he left, reading, "I don't know how to explain it to you, but this will show you not only the commitment we have to each other, but also that your fears of her are ill-found."
Sgt. Robert Allan of the Barrie police said Kane and Price had gone to Orillia, Ontario. Price will not face criminal charges, the newspaper said.
