Doe was poss a sex worker, they may have spent time in NY prior to their death
I find this one of the clues less likely to bear fruit at this time, as it is likely that persons with missing relatives have no idea that their loved one was exploited by human traffickers.
I was happy that it was emphasized that Asian Doe may not be local or even a national.
Not saying it was related- but for example, Pak has a record of participating in trafficking people from China.
Also, so far, only Maureen and possibly Sandra were from Long Island...sad when two victims are a minority of the victims for which a suspect is charged.
It is a fat gray line between being a victim of human trafficking and engaging in sex work of free volition. Of course, the majority of trafficked persons made some their own choices, with different degrees of external pressure. But all persons in sex work where it is unregulated (ie illegal) are at least partially victims, IMO.
I do wish that Tierney chose the words that it was likely they were a victim of human trafficking, rather than involved in sex work. That gives surviving family a better framework to change their theory as to what happened.
For example-and this is a completely fictional scenario I'm inventing around the facts. Suppose this person was from a family that moved to NYC from China, perhaps a mother and child duo, to escape the rejection of other Chinese relatives. The child was very depressed. The mother knew that the rejection from relatives and the culture shock was unbearable. Meanwhile, the child was being used by traffickers, who seemed accepting to the child, compared to their family experience. Of course, the child said nothing to the mother. The mother thought the child went for long, solitary walks. Then, the child just disappeared. Trafficking never entered mother's mind. She thought the child died from suicide in the woods, and was just never found. Maybe she moved back to China.
There are a number of scenarios where a family might have a theory that they accept as fact as to what happened tothem, and that scenario might not involve that the person was trafficked.
MOO