YouTuber Accused of Kidnapping 2 Women Before Announcing on TikTok He Was Heading to Dubai

Mar. 15, 2025

Corey Pritchett Jr.Photo:SSG Record Label

SSG Record Label

Police have issued an arrest warrant for a Houston man they allege fled the country after he kidnapped two women in November.

Later, he offered to drop the women at one of their residences, but as he drove them, he allegedly began threatening them with a gun, per the complaint.

Corey Pritchett Jr.Houston Police Dept.

Houston Police Dept.

He called an unnamed woman, whose name was saved as “Future Wife” on his phone, and allegedly asked her if he “should just go ahead and do it,” per the complaint. He allegedly indicated that nobody would be able to hear the two women scream and that “no one could ever find them,” the complaint claims.

The woman on the phone allegedly responded “yes,” the alleged victims told police. (No such woman was named in the complaint; two November posts on Pritchett’s Twitter account, where he has more than 264,000 followers, show his communication with a person who is named “Future Wife” on his phone).

During the drive, Pritchett allegedly told the women: “I’m gonna f— yall and kill yall.”

He allegedly took away the women’s phones and, at one point, shot his gun several times out his window, per the complaint.

Investigators were unable to contact him and learned from his social media that he had gone to Dubai, per the complaint. The FBI said, however, that he had bought a one-way flight ticket to Qatar in December. It’s unclear how he might have gotten from Qatar to Dubai, which is in the neighboring United Arab Emirates.

Corey Pritchett Jr. in Miami (Official Music Video).SSG Record Label

Pritchett has 3.9 million followers on his YouTube account@CoreySSG31, where he documents his life as a musician.

In his recent posts, he shared about enjoying life in Dubai and trying to buy a house there.

Two Instagram pages linked to his YouTube account were not available on Tuesday.

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Pritchett is currently facing two counts of aggravated kidnapping, per Harris County court records.

He posted photos claiming he was on his way back to the U.S., but it wasn’t clear as of publication time if he has entered the country.

“Guess I gotta meet with the FBI to see what the fuss about,” he wrote in onepost.

Houston police were not able to confirm his current location or status when contacted.

source: people.com