A trucker is being credited with saving a young woman from her kidnappers after he saw suspicious activity at a Pilot truck stop on Route 106 in Virginia. According to authorities, the young woman had been abused and was malnourished and terrified.
The unnamed trucker had parked his rig when he noticed a woman looking out of the window of an RV. According to his statement, the curtains of the RV were quickly shut and she disappeared. It looked suspicious enough that the driver called the police to investigate.
When the police arrived, they found one man and two women inside the vehicle who claimed that they were on their way to visit the daughter of one of the women. Police noticed something was wrong, and asked to speak with the young women alone.
“Victims of human trafficking look malnourished, tired, and people they’re with may try to speak for them,” said Attorney General Mark Herring while speaking about an initiative to stop human trafficking. “They may not know where they are. Those are the red flags.”
Once police got the woman alone, she told them that they others were holding her against her will and begged the deputies not to send her back to the RV.
According to state records, the woman had been branded on her back, burned, cut, malnourished, and sexually abused. She was held against her will, forced to perform sexual acts, and told that if she told anyone or tried to escape, she and her family would be hurt or killed.
The other two people in the RV are being held by police for questioning and have both been charged with one count of abduction with intent to defile. The case has been handed over to the FBI for further investigation.
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That’s great the trucker became involved instead of looking the other way Way to go Glad the the lady is safe now more of ur truckers should b aware of what’s going on n help where we can TY Sir for stepping up
Great job on the truck drivers part.He deserve a pat on the back. Job well done.
Good job to that man. He might have just saved that woman’s life. Damn shame that cowards out there will abuse and threaten women into selling themselves to put m9ney in the pockets of these scumbags. Oh these fools are so tough and can raise their fists to their victims, but once they are behind bars with some real men, they turn into sissies. Hope they lock these slimeballs up for life.
Congrats and thanks to a real HERO!
Wow I pass that Pilot every time I go to work, fantastic job, good looking out one more life saved from a terrible fate.