Court records are revealing new details in the disappearance and death of 17?year?old Hailey Buzbee of Indiana. Investigators say Tyler Thomas, a Columbus man, admitted to communicating with Buzbee for more than a year through online gaming platforms and an encrypted messaging app.

According to the affidavit, Thomas told detectives he picked Buzbee up and claimed he dropped her near the Indiana–Ohio line. Cellphone data contradicts that, instead placing him traveling toward Columbus and Logan. Records also show he booked a cabin for two guests the same weekend she went missing.

During a search of Thomas’ phone, FBI agents reported finding suspected child sexual?abuse material. Thomas is being held in the Franklin County Jail on $1.5 million bond, and his attorney says he plans to plead not guilty to any charges connected to Buzbee’s death.