Found Oklahoma City Police Searching For Missing Texas Teen

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The Oklahoma City police have released updates about the missing 15-year-old girl from Texas.

New details have emerged in the search for a Texas teen who is believed to be in Oklahoma City.

Officials said 15-year-old [redacted] from North Richland Hills, Texas disappeared from a Dallas Mavericks basketball game at the American Airlines Center on April 8.

KOCO 5 was told she went to the restroom alone and never returned to her seat.

Video surveillance showed her leaving the arena with an unknown male.

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According to FOX 25 in Oklahoma City, three people were arrested in connection to the case.

Karen Gonzales, Sarah Hayes and Kenneth Nelson are all charged with human trafficking, conspiracy and computer crimes. Nelson was also charged for child pornography and failing to appear in court after posting bond, the TV station reported.

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Missing North Texas teen found in Oklahoma City, 3 arrested for human trafficking

Oklahoma City police have arrested three people for human trafficking and other crimes related to the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl at a Dallas Mavericks game.

www.fox4news.com

 

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Eight people have been arrested in Oklahoma in connection with the report of a missing 15-year-old girl from North Richland Hills police now say was being trafficked for sex.
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Eight people were arrested, including Kenneth Nelson, Sarah Hayes, and Karen Gonzales, all of whom were all charged with human trafficking and the distribution of child pornography. The other five people were arrested on either outstanding warrants, rape, or prostitution charges. Details of those arrests are below.

• Saniya Alexander (Felony Warrant)
• Melissa Wheeler (Robbery Warrant)
• Chevaun Gibsion (Offering to Engage – Prostitution)
• Kenneth Nelson (Human Trafficking / Distribution of Child Porn)
• Sarah Hayes (Human Trafficking / Distribution of Child Porn)
• Karen Gonzales (Human Trafficking / Distribution of Child Porn)
• Thalia Gibson (Felony Warrant)
• Steven Hill (Rape II)

Because the teen is both underage and an apparent victim of sex trafficking her name and photograph have been withheld from this story.

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Eight people have been arrested in Oklahoma in connection with the report of a missing 15-year-old girl from North Richland Hills police now say was being trafficked for sex.

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oh wow. well that sure led to somewhere interesting.

 

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An arrest affidavit indicates "an online ad was located on a website known for prostitution. The ad featured recent photos of the victim."

Another tip involved an innocent Oklahoma man’s stolen identity.

Police said the identity thief is one of the arrested suspects, Kenneth Nelson, and he rented rooms at a Travelers Inn and Suites hotel in Oklahoma City.

Investigators later determined the photos of the teen were taken at that location.

The affidavit states, "a witness stated that the victim was with Kenneth Levan Nelson when he was at the hotel on April 14, 2022... The same day that the picture was posted on the internet."

Captain Littlejohn could not shed light on further details in their investigation, including the identity of the man who left American Airlines Center with the teen, whether he’s one of the arrested suspects, or exactly where she was found on Monday.
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New details released in sex trafficking case involving North Texas girl

Two men and six women have been arrested in Oklahoma City and face charges in connection with the girl's disappearance from a Dallas Mavericks game at the American Airlines center in Dallas.

www.fox4news.com

 

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A 15-year-old Texas girl was rescued by police 10 days after she was kidnapped at a basketball game while using the bathroom, then trafficked by pedophiles.

The unidentified teenager's father raised the alarm shortly after she left to use the restroom and didn't return to her seat at a Dallas Maverick game in the American Airline Center on April 8.

The girl's family said they pleaded with Dallas police to investigate but the department failed to do so due to Texas Family Code Laws.

Those treat missing teenagers as runaways unless there is evidence of kidnapping. It is unclear if cops made any effort to track down surveillance footage of the girl's abduction, further details of which have yet to be shared.

The victim was only tracked down by Oklahoma City Police at an Extended Stay America Hotel after a counter-trafficking nonprofit found her nude pictures on a prostitution website.

'My heart breaks for the unimaginable things my daughter had to endure for the 11 days she was taken, and I am so glad she is safe as we work towards her recovery,' the girl's mother said in a statement.

Eight people have been arrested in connection to the crime, Fox Newsreported.


They were identified as Saniya Alexander, Melissa Wheeler, Chevaun Gibson, Kenneth Nelson, Sarah Hayes, Karen Gonzales, Thalia Gibson, and Steven Hill.

The girl was found with convicted sex offender Kenneth Nelson. Karen Gonzales was the person who took the pictures. She has been charged with human trafficking and distribution of porn.

The girl's father immediately notified the stadium and security after the girl failed to return to her seat.

On the day of the abduction, she was seen leaving the arena with men.

The father was instructed by authorities to return home. Despite calling daily for an investigation to be opened, the family attorney said that Dallas Police refused to do any effort to find the girl.

'My daughter went missing in the city of Dallas, this is a Dallas case, but they refused to open a case for her,' the father said, local news station KFOR reported

Six days after the kidnapping, the family reached out to the Texas Counter-Trafficking Initiative nonprofit, which tracked down the girl's nude pictures on a prostitution website and alerted Oklahoma Police.

Dallas Police spokesperson Brian Martinez told DailyMail.com that the case had to be filed with the North Richland Hills Police Department, where the teen lives, because it was treated as a juvenile case.

In a statement to DailyMail.com the department said: 'On April 8, 2022, an off-duty Dallas police officer working the Dallas Mavericks game was notified of a missing person at the game. The event and location was searched that evening.

'Texas Family Code(51.03 b. 3) dictates that missing juveniles are investigated as runaways unless there are circumstances which appear as involuntary such as a kidnapping or abduction. Those cases per code are to be filed where the juvenile resides.

'A report was generated by Dallas Police and Dallas Police assisted the North Richland Hills Police Department (lead agency as that was where the teen resided) and a bulletin about the missing teen was created and went out to the department on April 11, 2022.'

Naked pictures of the girl were posted on the website on April 14.

According to an affidavit obtained by KFOR, Karen Gonzales was the person who took the pictures. She has been charged with human trafficking and distribution of porn.

The victim was found at an Extended American Hotel in Oklahoma City - 200 miles from where she was abducted.

Police raided the hotel and found the girl and convicted sex offender Kenneth Nelson in a room that had been rented with someone else's ID.

'A number of these people played a role in getting this girl trafficked for sex, whether it was taking pictures as one of them did or simply placing ads as another one did,' Oklahoma City Police Department spokesperson Gary Knight said.

'There were several people involved with not only this girl, but others,' he said. 'But we did everything we could to find this girl.'

Sarah Hayes and Thalia Gibson -Arrested

Top: Melissa Wheeler and Steven Hill - Arrested
Bottom: Chevaun Gibson and Shaniya Alexander - Arrested

Zeke Fortenberry, the family's attorney said in a statement: 'This victim's life will forever be changed. We hope to hold accountable those responsible and create change within these organizations so that this never happens to any other child.

'The systems and organizations involved in this case continually failed the victim. She should never have had contact with the man at the Mavericks game.


'The Dallas Police should have worked quickly to investigate leads and locate the teenager before she was trafficked to Oklahoma.

'The Extended Stay America hotel in Oklahoma City put profits ahead of people by turning a blind eye to the sexual exploitation occurring right before their eyes.'

Girl, 15, is rescued from pedophiles 10 days after she was abducted

The teenager's father raised the alarm after she left to use the restroom and didn't return to her seat at a Dallas Maverick game in the American Airline Center on April 8.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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On Jan. 26, 2023, Dallas Police said officers with the US Marshal Task Force arrested Emmanuel Cartagena for the sexual assault of a child.


Police said Cartagena met with the 15-year-old outside of the game and took her to an unknown house in Dallas where he assaulted her. In a journal entry shared by the teen's family, the teen said she was drugged by three men who assaulted her in Dallas before she was taken to Oklahoma.

When the teen was found in that hotel room in Oklahoma City, eight people were arrested and charged, including some for human trafficking.

In an arrest affidavit obtained by WFAA last year for the initial arrests, Oklahoma City police had received information on April 14, 2022, that a minor from the Dallas area was in Oklahoma City and "being trafficked for commercial sex purposes." Police said an online ad on a website known for prostitution showed photos of the girl.

Her parents identified her through nude photos that had been posted online in sex advertisements.

"With no Dallas arrests in the nine months since she was sexually assaulted, it has been agonizing for the victim and her parents," the family's attorney, Zeke Fortenberry, said in a statement to WFAA. "The arrest of Cartagena is progress toward seeing that justice is done, and we appreciate the efforts of the Dallas Police Department. We hope that the other suspects related to her sexual assault in Dallas will also be arrested in the near future.”


Details about Cartagena's arrest are limited. No other details have been released.

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Police said the man met with the 15-year-old outside of the game and took her to an unknown house in Dallas where he assaulted her.

www.wfaa.com

 

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Emanuel Jose Cartagena

 

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It's insane that most of the people arrested in these cases are women smh.

 

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Scumbags. I feel terrible for that poor girl and her family.

 

[Satanica]

Big thanks to Sugar Cookie for finding this thread for me!

https://dreamindemon.com/community/threads/arrest-made-in-sex-trafficking-of-teen-girl-who-disappeared-at-mavs-game.138239/#post-1548294

 

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