Men charged with rape, human trafficking
The 13-year-old girl saw the black Cadillac Escalade pull up to a QuikTrip, and she climbed inside with a man she had never met.
An Eagle report on the sexual exploitation of children inspires a community to say "stop" to human trafficking. Follow this multimedia timeline of how news reports and social media helped connect hundreds of citizens and businesses in the formation of the the non-profit organization ICTSOS. The group now raises money and donations to help support police and social workers on the front lines of fighting the sexual exploitation of children in Wichita. It started with the story of a 13-year-old girl lured into the sex trade, and a mother inspired to take action.
The 13-year-old girl saw the black Cadillac Escalade pull up to a QuikTrip, and she climbed inside with a man she had never met.
Inspired by the story of a 13-year-old Wichita girl forced into the sex trade, a suburban mom has put together a donation drive to help fight the sexual exploitation of children in Wichita.
For the second time in six months, two men have been charged in Sedgwick County with buying and selling a teenage girl for sex.
The group ICT SOS froze in position for several minutes Thursday evening on the Douglas Street Bridge during the River Festival to call attention to the selling of local teenagers through the commercial sex trade.
Two months after Brian Guse paid more than $1,500 in fines for prostituting Wichita women through an escort service, he was back on West Kellogg doing it again.
Kansas and Missouri have been chosen to participate in a nationwide initiative to enhance enforcement against human trafficking, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom announced today.
Tears rolled down the teenager's face as she talked about taking money for sex.
Cynthia Cordes had prosecuted the pimps who'd taken teenage girls out of their homes and put them on the streets of Kansas City to sell their bodies.
Wichita sits near the crossroads of the nation's sex-trafficking highway.
James L. Brown was charged today with 10 counts of rape and 10 counts of aggravated human trafficking.
Sex-trafficking cases have more than tripled in Wichita over the past four years, police officials said Wednesday, and they are concerned about the spike.