Missing Warsaw Teen Found During Super Bowl Sex Ring Watch
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Daniel Riordan-driordan@timesuniononline.com
A girl who lived in Warsaw for a time was allegedly one of three girls rescued from sex trafficking at the Super Bowl by a group from an Ohio church.
According to a report that ran Monday on NBC affiliate WDTN 2 out of Dayton, Ohio, Living Hope Church was in Indianapolis for Super Bowl 46 to help rescue girls who were being put into prostitution rings.
One of those girls, a now 18-year-old former Warsaw teen, was one of three girls rescued.
A report of the girl running away, when she was 17, was taken by the Warsaw Police Department Nov. 1. The girl was reported missing since Oct. 27.
The girl is originally from Florida but was ordered to live with her grandmother in Warsaw by Florida’s Department of Children and Family Services.
After living with her grandmother for an undisclosed time, she ran away, according to police, to go back to Florida.
The Warsaw Police Department said the girl was reported to have been arrested in Florida sometime after she was reported missing in Warsaw.
The teen turned 18 Feb. 7.
The church printed booklets with missing children in it and distributed it to hotels and motels in the area.
According to the news report from reporter Anthony Kiekow, a maid at an Indianapolis hotel recognized the teen.
On Jan. 30, Governor Mitch Daniels signed into law a strict human trafficking bill that would up the penalties for those involved in such prostitution rings.
While in Warsaw for the annual chamber dinner, Daniels said he was contacted by other states that have hosted the Super Bowl and was informed that the annual football contest was a hotbed for prostitution and human trafficking.
Daniels said that caused the bill to get signed into law and signed by the governor in an expedient fashion.
