CA CA - Ruthey Smith, 19, working as an escort, may have been abducted, has a dau, Los Angeles, 2 Mar 2022

[Knox]

Ruthey is such a beautiful young lady. I'm heartbroken for her Mom, Ocean and all those who love her. The waiting, not knowing where she is, or what happened to her is horrible for those left behind.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Renesto explained that her daughter was trying to support her one-year-old child and was working as a prostitute at the time of her disappearance. “She told me she was at her breaking point, scared, and didn’t want to do it anymore but was afraid to leave,” Renesto said. “These women deserve to matter, just like my daughter, all of them.”

The City of Long Beach, in collaboration with Clear Channel, which owns the billboard space, placed the billboard at no cost to the family.

Billboard Erected in Long Beach, CA for Missing Mother, Possible Victim of Sex Trafficking

Friday marked the 22nd birthday of a missing young woman, and her mother can only wish for her safe return. ABC 7 reported that in March 2022, Ruthey Smith, then 19 years old, went missing from Long Beach, California. A billboard at Spring Street and Orange Avenue now displays a desperate plea...

www.crimeonline.com

 

[Knox]

Renesto explained that her daughter was trying to support her one-year-old child and was working as a prostitute at the time of her disappearance. “She told me she was at her breaking point, scared, and didn’t want to do it anymore but was afraid to leave,” Renesto said. These women deserve to matter, just like my daughter, all of them.“

The City of Long Beach, in collaboration with Clear Channel, which owns the billboard space, placed the billboard at no cost to the family.

Billboard Erected in Long Beach, CA for Missing Mother, Possible Victim of Sex Trafficking

Friday marked the 22nd birthday of a missing young woman, and her mother can only wish for her safe return. ABC 7 reported that in March 2022, Ruthey Smith, then 19 years old, went missing from Long Beach, California. A billboard at Spring Street and Orange Avenue now displays a desperate plea...

www.crimeonline.com

"These women deserve to matter, just like my daughter, all of them.“

The fact that to some they don't, is infuriating!!

 

[tarabull]

Dec 30 2024

Family of missing woman Ruthey Smith fear she was trafficked​

https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/family-missing-ruthey-smith-trafficked/

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Ruthey and her daughter Ocean love the beach. (Amanda Lourenco)

Dec. 27, 2024, should have been Smith’s 22nd birthday. Instead, her family pleaded for the public’s help in finding her nearly three years after she disappeared in a Los Angeles area notorious for gang violence and prostitution

https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/family-missing-ruthey-smith-trafficked/

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Three years missing: family of Ruthey Smith asks FBI, LAPD to take over human trafficking investigation

Ruthey Smith's family hopes the LAPD or the FBI will be able to make more progress in solving Smith’s case.

sigtrib.com

Long Beach mother Ruthey Smith was abducted by suspected human traffickers three years ago. With little progress made in her case by the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD), her family held a press conference on Monday urging the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to take over the case.

*****
Her family hopes LAPD or the FBI will be able to make more progress in solving Smith’s case. Although Smith was from Long Beach, she was abducted in Los Angeles.

*****
“With her gone, I’m ripped apart, and we need to be a whole,” Renesto said. “I need to know she’s alive. I need to know Ruthey Smith is alive, and I need the world to pray with me and say her name.”

******
More at link

 

[Unalienable Rights]

News Nation - March 5, 2025

 

[mlhenn]

Ruthey Macenzie Smith – The Charley Project

Last updated May 21, 2025; distinguishing characteristics updated.