Case Study | Missing Person | Kadijah
Sex traffickers who target young women are usually very adept at keeping them in their circle, and sometimes the lengths traffickers will go to is frightening.
Lauth missing person investigators were contacted by a family whose 15 year-old daughter, Kadijah, was missing. They contacted law enforcement and filed a missing person report, but also had the foresight to seek the expertise of the nation’s foremost expert in missing children and adults.
The Investigation
The intake call and additional interviews with the family generated a credible lead that pointed to Atlanta and the home of a known sex trafficker.
Lauth utilized verified databases to locate the trafficker’s criminal record and his address history to identify possible locations to take Kadijah. Lauth identified a former residence of the trafficker and was able to see the inside of the home before it was sold. Not long after that, Lauth got a lead that the trafficker and Kadijah were headed to Chicago, one of the largest hubs for sex trafficking in the United States. Despite a direct threat from the trafficker, Lauth doggedly pursued the lead to Chicago. Lauth applied proven methodology in Chicago in an attempt to locate Kadijah, but the corner she allegedly frequented turned up no additional leads. After returning from Chicago, Lauth got a tip from one of the human sources identified in the case who said that Kadijah was in the hospital, following an attack from the trafficker that involved running her over and resulted in a broken clavicle.
It’s normal for people to feel worried whenever someone they know has been missing for several days or weeks. The missing person may be a family member who decided to run away or a long lost relative that you might not have seen for a few years now. In some cases, the missing person may even be a business partner or some one who has ran away without paying their financial commitments to you because of the service you rendered or a product you gave them.
These organizations and helplines have detailed databases of both vulnerable and non-vulnerable missing people of all ages.
When discovering that a loved one is missing, the feelings of devastation and loss are hard to forget. By following the simple steps below, you will gain some control in locating your missing loved one. Do not hesitate to seek outside assistance because, often, the missing will be returned safely and unharmed if you take action immediately.