Why do I have to see stories like this every day??? Can't anyone see the problem we are facing here?
Police: Couple held runaway teen captive, forced her to have sex for money
PHOENIX (AP) — A couple held a runaway teen captive in a hollow bed frame for weeks and forced her to have sex for money with people they found on the Internet, police said.
The 15-year-old girl managed to call family members for help while Matthew Gray, 18 and Janelle Butler, 19 were sleeping Monday night.
The girl ran away from home in September and met the couple through a friend about three hours after she disappeared. They took her to a park, bound her and gang raped her for hours, police said.
They imprisoned her in a dog kennel for
about a week and threatened her with a gun. They sold her for sex dozens of times on the Internet and forced her to hide in a hollowed-out bed frame covered with plywood.
"She was tortured. She had a gun pointed to her head. She was told that if she tried to escape or said an
ything she would be killed, her family would be killed."
On Monday evening while Gray and Butler were sleeping, the girl called her family and told them she was being held.
A neighbor, Lorraine Montoya, said the couple approached her and asked if she would hide the runaway weeks ago. She refused. "When they told me she was a runaway, I called the cops right away," said Montoya.
The girl underwent a medical exam and was later released to her parents.
The 15-year-old girl managed to call family members for help while Matthew Gray, 18 and Janelle Butler, 19 were sleeping Monday night.The girl ran away from home in September and met the couple through a friend about three hours after she disappeared. They took her to a park, bound her and gang raped her for hours, police said.
They imprisoned her in a dog kennel for
about a week and threatened her with a gun. They sold her for sex dozens of times on the Internet and forced her to hide in a hollowed-out bed frame covered with plywood."She was tortured. She had a gun pointed to her head. She was told that if she tried to escape or said an
ything she would be killed, her family would be killed."On Monday evening while Gray and Butler were sleeping, the girl called her family and told them she was being held.
A neighbor, Lorraine Montoya, said the couple approached her and asked if she would hide the runaway weeks ago. She refused. "When they told me she was a runaway, I called the cops right away," said Montoya.
The girl underwent a medical exam and was later released to her parents.
Gray was booked on hundreds of counts, including sexual assault, kidnapping and child prostitution.
Butler was booked on kidnapping, child prostitution and other charges.
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