every corner of the par boar and found nothing. then, a detective noticed something odd about a closet in the hallway. >> stepped out of the closet and there was in rope, blue rope. and it was connected to a trap door and he pulled it open and lo and behold this was the space where they were -- girls were being hidden. >> investigators found half a dozen mattresses and personal lockers and then to the investigators' shock, a man they suspected was a john and a girl. >> you see this picture here? there was a ladder, went down in the basement. all over the mattresses, it was obvious there's illegal activity going on. this girl is -- not right. she should not be in the basement of this facility. >> authorities ordered the owners to seal the hiding place but with so much cash at stake, the only way to guarantee