(beeping) huh. at fairfax county adult detention center, venus awaits sentencing for the murder of damaris reyes. while waiting for the trial, her attorney learned new details about her life in el salvador. after her mother moved to the united states, venus disappeared one day on her way home from school. she was reported missing, but the police had no leads. three weeks later venus was finally located. she had been abducted, beaten, and raped by ms13 gang members.
she was 14 years old. when her mother learned what happened, she had venus sent to america to keep her safe and away from the gang. but that s not what happened. venus granted us an exclusive interview, but the jail denied us access, so she answered some of my questions about how she ended up behind bars in writing. here is what she said. i came to this country in 2014. seeing my mother again after almost eight years apart was difficult because even though we always maintained contact, it was like being with a stranger. looking at her face reminds me that i failed her and makes me feel that i neither deserve her or her love. i am not a member of any gang.
what is this place? this is the location where the ms-13 members dumped her body after they killed her in the park. they took her down here and put her face down in a puddle of water and dragged rail road ties over the top of her body, kind of like these here. they left her here for a month before the body was found by police. just a week later, a second woman venus went missing. like her, she was not known to be a member of ms-13, but she dated the gangster. please help us find her. when reporters arrived at the home to interview her mother, she suddenly reappeared. she left in part out of fear following a suspected murder of her boyfriend in prince william county. police said they believe vooe nus s appearance may be part of a bigger case. what police didn t reveal