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http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/parents-of-girl-whose-decomposed-body-was-found-in-centreville/article_add36835-5334-5b8d-8eda-502510d5ad19.html And from the Belleville PD Facebook page (I'm assuming this is an acceptable resource since it's the official page)...

He was absolutely (allegedly) trafficking her. The definition of sex trafficking, according to DHS, "involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act ..." As her (alleged) pimp, he was (allegedly) engaging in sex trafficking/human trafficking...

Updated story with name of suspect in trafficking case, Jason Quate. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/tip-from-las-vegas-leads-to-decomposed-child-s-body/article_5545e836-ce36-519f-a120-62d12d782e1b.html I doubt the child was ever reported missing. The way the story reads...

Do you have an update? Has it been officially reopened yet? I'm so sorry for all the heartache and loss you've experienced.

rsbm Dr. Milton Grissom was a dentist in New Mexico who doubled as a part-time abortionist in the 1920s/30s. His work probably would have gone unnoticed if he hadn't managed to kill one of his patients. I doubt he was the only one. I can't help but wonder how closely they looked into...

My guess, though, is that women with supportive families aren't going to be sitting in jail cells because they have access to decent attorneys, plea bargains, etc. Regardless, I didn't make up the stat or offer a personal anecdote. The info is from a well-designed, peer-reviewed study (which I...

I do agree that it seems to be more likely with males. Females seem to be more resilient for some reason. If a boy already had some learning disabilities or delays, struggled in school socially, was abused, had neglectful, drugged-up parents -- sure, it could definitely result in this. But I...

How many women in the general public have you talked to about their background? You're talking to an imprisoned population, which dramatically increases the likelihood of them having a traumatised past. I can guarantee you that a lot of functional, totally normal looking people out there have...

Apologies to other posters because this is a long and ultimately off-topic post but I wanted to respond publicly for anyone else who was interested. First link -- a lot of studies linking childhood abuse/adverse experiences to adverse health outcomes in adulthood...

bbm: This is a common misconception that has little or no basis in fact and no decent studies to back up the assertion -- and it does nothing more than stigmatise an already unfairly stigmatised group that has survived unimagineable horrors. I can share studies, if you're interested, to show...

First time I've seen the gif -- interesting and ominous. bbm -- Perhaps. Or perhaps some people are simply sociopaths. I'm guessing the latter is more common.

And if it's still working, how many employees does it have? Have they been checked out?

bbm -- Most people stop dressing like their friends by the time they graduate high school. I certainly would not expect adults to dress alike unless they worked at a job that required uniforms. That said, the clothes BG is wearing look pretty standard for Midwestern guy-wear, especially for...

Yeah, it's extremely common here in my little corner of Illinois to see people wearing shorts with hoodies as soon as the temps get above freezing. I suppose legs don't get cold but upper bodies do?

Interesting. I wonder if they've checked it out thoroughly. It's not uncommon for homeless people/people in transition to shelter in storage places.

It's possible she was working, but tbh, this sounds like a teen being silly to me. (moo as the mom of teens in this age group).

bbm -- I agree. I live just one state over, and I only heard of the case yesterday. Given the magnitude of the crime and the intense need to find this guy, you'd think this would be big news across the country. So why was I just now hearing of it?

I'm not sure how this would work in practice, though. It seems like it would be a massive and fairly pointless fishing expedition. It's not quite like entering DNA into CODIS. They'd have to get a search warrant for Ancestry.com (per Ancestry.com's ToS), and then sift through thousands or...

Kids sleep through everything. I have two kids right around her age, and I could probably drive a semi through their room at night and not wake them.

That's just a wonderful picture of her. So sweet. I'm holding out hope with you.