A local newspaper editor has been charged with creating fake Reddit posts to smear the parents of a missing teenager.
Jarrett Brooks, 16, was last seen on his parents' security cameras grabbing a pistol at the house in Joseph City, Arizona, about 6.30am on July 4, 2023.
His parents Brian and Laura Brooks believe he was picked up by someone he met online and is still alive but at risk, and never stopped searching for him.
But instead of looking high and low for Jarrett, local police spent months investigating his parents over false claims Brian was molesting his son.
The heartbroken dad told DailyMail.com he never received an apology for the ordeal police put him through, and the social media conspiracy theories that persist to this day.
