Human Trafficking advocates in the area say this is all too common among young girls.
“We have had a misrepresentation of what human trafficking looks like. I think a lot of people have this vision of trafficking being that white van that shows up at target or Walmart or is parked on the side of the street and you don’t recognize that car and people are afraid of being abducted. Where some of those things may happen, that’s not the case. These are people that somebody trusted.”
– Liz Liles, Founder & CEO of Daughters of Worth
The warrants say the man recruited the teen with the “intent that the victim be held in involuntary sexual servitude.” Moreover, it says the two had sexual relations when the girl was 15-years-old.