Yes, there was almost certainly more going on. This poor girl was as likely as not a victim of this person or another member of the organization he belonged to. They make a sadistic sport of torturing people online, usually young girls.

According to prosecutors, Spitze claimed online to have “groomed” more than 2,600 victims in the United States and overseas. Prosecutors said two of his victims ultimately took their own lives, believing “they would never be rid of his evil.”

While anyone can be targeted, members of 764 and similar online networks often target underage females, first befriending them and then using threats, blackmail, and other forms of manipulation to extort then into sharing or live-streaming acts of pornography, self-harm, animal torture, and even suicide, according to authorities.

Recordings of such so-called “content” is then used to further extort victims and is often shared widely online to boost the perpetrator’s status within 764-related communities, authorities say.