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The Reality of Sex Trafficking in the US: Corinna Slusser Missing
Corinna Slusser, 19, was last seen at the Haven Motel in Queens, New York the morning of September 20, 2017. New York Police Department (NYPD) fears she was kidnapped by a sex trafficking ring and friends and family fear the worst.
According to relatives, in early 2017, Slusser had dropped out of her Bloomberg, Penn., high school and moved to New York City with a 32-year old man she had hoped was giving her a “fresh start.”
According to Marnie O’Neill’s article “Missing teen feared kidnapped by sex-trafficking ring left a cryptic Instagram clue,” Slusser’s aunt Julie Anne Becker-Calfa told Dateline, “She wanted out of this small town and this guy gave her that out.”
The police instead suspect the man, turned “pimp,” lured her into prostitution.
Court documents revealed on August 25, 2017, police had responded to a 911 call at 1:15 am at the Harlem Vista Hotel and found Slusser “crying and shaking.” She told officers her pimp had stolen $300 from her while she was in the shower. He then began strangling her when she confronted him, slamming her against the wall, making it hard for her to…
