<P> Bednar's parents, Barry Bednar and Lorin LaFave, were born in the United States . The family moved to England from the United States seventeen years before the murder . Barry Bednar, 49, is an oil trader and shipping consultant, described by some sources as a millionaire . Lorin LaFave, 48, is a teaching assistant . The Daily Mail reported that the couple had divorced in 2006 and that Lorin LaFave was living as a single mother with the four children in their family home in Surrey . The London Evening Standard reported that the family lives with their three surviving children in a family home in Caterham . </P> <P> It was reported that Bednar's mother, Lorin LaFave, "limited his access to electronics, installed parental controls and forbade him from using the same server as a boy she had grown suspicious of ." She recalled, "His personality was changing and his ideology was changing and he was starting to refuse to attend church with us . I felt like it was because of the negative influence of this person ." According to the Daily Mail, Bednar had been introduced to the' exclusive' six - person online gaming club at a church youth group . Bednar's mother described Lewis Daynes as controlling the group, with the power to expel members, owning and controlling an Internet chat channel on which members would communicate by voice . She told the Daily Mail that Daynes had told her son improbable stories, such as donating $2.5 million in bitcoins to Syrian rebels and had told members they did not need to finish school because he would arrange £ 100,000 computer technology jobs for them . </P> <P> In December 2013 a relative of Breck placed a call to Surrey Police expressing concerns around online grooming . LaFave said she warned British police that her son was in danger . Nonetheless, it was reported, "The teenagers had been playing games online for several months, despite LaFave's efforts to put an end to their relationship ." </P> <P> On the day of Bednar's death, LaFave's former husband, with whom he had been expected to spend the weekend, sent a text message to tell her that the boy had not arrived . A few hours later his siblings, 12 - year - old triplets, began to receive messages that their brother had been killed, describing photos of Bednar that had been posted to social media, which were soon confirmed by the police . The photos, showing Bednar's body, were posted to other members of the six - person online gaming group . Word spread, leading to a friend's text message to one of the triplets, "Is it true about your brother? If it's true, it's so sad ." At the same time, police were telling Bednar's parents the news that their son had been murdered . </P>

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