The Senate will act soon to stop online child sex traffickers

Published March 12, 2018 5:01am ET



The 15-year-old daughter of Tom and Nacole of Auburn, Washington, was a freshman honors student and standout runner on the track team. One day, she ran away, and 36 hours later she was found on Backpage.com being sold for sex.

The 32-year old man who recruited their daughter had repeatedly raped and drugged her and forced her into the sex trade, where she was advertised online and sold for sex.

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