Oregon Man Accused of Drugging Girls’ Drinks Showed Disturbing Interest in Coworkers’ Children 👨‍👧🚩

Michael Mey­den, the Ore­gon man fac­ing charges for alleged­ly drug­ging his 12-year-old daugh­ter’s friends with ben­zo­di­azepine-laced smooth­ies dur­ing a sleep­over, report­ed­ly dis­played a dis­turb­ing inter­est in his cowork­ers’ children.

Accord­ing to col­leagues, Mey­den, a 57-year-old dig­i­tal com­mu­ni­ca­tions pro­fes­sion­al, fre­quent­ly inquired about their kids and engaged in unset­tling behav­ior, such as “lik­ing” Face­book pic­tures of their children. 

A for­mer cowork­er described Mey­den’s inter­est in her teenage daugh­ter as a “ter­ri­fy­ing obses­sion,” not­ing that he would “keep track” of her daugh­ter’s whereabouts.

As the case against Mey­den unfolds, his his­to­ry of unset­tling behav­ior is rais­ing con­cerns about the poten­tial warn­ing signs that may have been missed. 

The ongo­ing inves­ti­ga­tion serves as a chill­ing reminder of the impor­tance of rec­og­niz­ing and address­ing preda­to­ry behav­ior to pro­tect chil­dren from harm.