Missing Teens sold for sex in Missouri are foster children from the Dallas, Texas area per court records and police.
Court records show the sixteen and seventeen year old victims are foster children from the Texas Department of Children and Family Services.
“Unfortunately, there are opportunities for traffickers, considering the I-70 corridor and proximity to the airport, that sexual traffickers can take advantage of,” St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell told media.
Joemarius Green and Chantel Robinson, his girlfriend, were arrested and charged with sex trafficking the girls.
Missing Teens Sold For Sex
Several entrepreneurial Dallas area criminals have been charged with human trafficking.
Local first responders including police, fire, and EMS all undergo training in identifying human trafficking to rescue these victims.
Governor Greg Abbott would not comment on the leadership at the Department of Child and Family Services losing the girls.
The Texas legislature is in session currently, but no real action is expected from the Republican led legislature.
Far right firebrand Bryan Slaton, R-Royse City, had “sexual relations” with an underage intern about a month ago. There are mounting rumors that Arlington state representative Tony Tinderholt was also serving underage interns alcohol despite multiple marriages.