The 15-year-old girl, a chronic runaway from an Oakland group home, could not escape the clutches of her alleged pimp in Hayward. In response to his demands, the young prostitute insisted in text messages that she was getting "dates" from the online ad he had posted but apologized for not making him any money.
After he dropped her off at the La Quinta Inn & Suites on Hesperian Boulevard last week, the girl solicited an undercover police officer for sex - and was promptly arrested as part of a nationwide FBI-led crackdown on child prostitution. Authorities in the Bay Area rescued 11 other children who were allegedly being forced to work as prostitutes and arrested 21 suspected pimps.
The 15-year-old's alleged pimp, Kenneth Kinsey, 25, and a suspected prostitute, 20-year-old Malyssa Gevas-Hadley, both of Sacramento, were charged by Alameda County prosecutors with human trafficking of a minor for commercial sex.
Although details of the girl's case are sealed because of her age, the 15-year-old shared one trait with many other exploited children - she had run away from a foster care or group home.
Of the children reported missing who are likely sex trafficking victims, 60 percent were in foster care or group homes, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. (more...)
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