Site icon KonnieMoments

Houston teen takes her own life two years after she was rescued from a sex trafficking ring but wanted to return to her captor ‘who got her addicted to drugs’, aged 13 – Family demands justice for 15 year old victim

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3b3030&semi;"><strong>Houston girl&comma; 15&comma; takes her own life after she was rescued from a sex trafficking ring but wanted to return to her captor &&num;8216&semi;who got her addicted to drugs&&num;8217&semi; at the age of 13 <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3b3030&semi;"><strong>Family demands justice for teen victim&comma; want to see sex trafficker prosecuted<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3b3030&semi;"><strong>Leticia Serrano took her own life on Saturday after locking herself in the bathroom of her family&&num;8217&semi;s Houston home <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3b3030&semi;"><strong>Letty killed herself came two years after she was abducted by an older man&comma; a sex trafficker <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3b3030&semi;"><strong>Her family managed to find her after several days and bring her home&comma; but they say she was not the same person <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3b3030&semi;"><strong>Since Letty&&num;8217&semi;s rescue&comma; she had run away from home twice to return to her former captor and wanted to be with him <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3b3030&semi;"><strong>Accused pimp and pedophile was released from custody after six days&comma; family say <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-332786" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;Leticia-Serrano-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Leticia Serrano 2" width&equals;"700" height&equals;"790" &sol;>Leticia &&num;8216&semi;Letty&&num;8217&semi; Serrano&comma; a 15-year-old sex trafficking victim&comma; took her own life on Saturday in Houston <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Family members of a 15-year-old sex trafficking victim from Houston are pleading for justice after they say the teen took her own life over the weekend&comma; two years after being drugged and sexually abused&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Leticia Serrano&comma; known to her loved ones as Letty&comma; in May celebrated her 15th birthday with a lavish quinceanera party&comma; complete with a ruby-red princess ballgown&comma; bouquets of roses and a dessert bar&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Six months later&comma; her father&comma; Mariano Serrano&comma; says his daughter locked herself in the bathroom and committed suicide as he desperately tried to reach her&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;placement &equals; "adunit0"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;search&lowbar;bar &equals; "true"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;tracking&lowbar;id &equals; "konniemomen09-20"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;mode &equals; "manual"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;type &equals; "smart"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;marketplace &equals; "amazon"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;region &equals; "US"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;title &equals; "My Amazon Picks"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;linkid &equals; "4a7637e5f87e7c1e8b9534991c889996"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;asins &equals; "B07TPZ7PH5&comma;B002VBWIP6&comma;B07C438TMN&comma;B01LPZM7VI&comma;B07PTMKYS7"&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;<script src&equals;"&sol;&sol;z-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;onejs&quest;MarketPlace&equals;US"><&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"splitLeft">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"splitRight">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-332785" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;Leticia-Serrano-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Leticia Serrano 1" width&equals;"767" height&equals;"565" &sol;>Letty Serrano&comma; seen &lbrack;L-R&rsqb; at her quinceanera birthday celebration in May&comma; locked herself in the bathroom and took her own life as her father tried to reach her<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">By the time he opened the door&comma; it was too late for Letty&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;She died in my arms&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the heartbroken father told <&sol;span><a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fox26houston&period;com&sol;news&sol;heartbroken-family-raising-awareness-about-human-trafficking-suicide-prevention&quest;fbclid&equals;IwAR3hY4Jaa0EcHKEWJ6G6oQlkHVVBpEjICLI1syvPbs5lwfxC&lowbar;Sydrwo6KE8" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer">Fox 26<&sol;a><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"> in Spanish&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Serrano believes his daughter could not bear to be apart from the older man who pulled her into a sex trafficking ring when she was 13 years old and got her addicted to drugs&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&&num;8216&semi;She wanted to be with him&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period; &&num;8216&semi;But she also didn&&num;8217&semi;t want to hurt her family&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Letty was a high-achieving student at Marshall Middle School in 2017 when she was drugged and taken by the sex trafficker not far from campus&comma; according to her father&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;placement &equals; "adunit0"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;search&lowbar;bar &equals; "true"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;tracking&lowbar;id &equals; "konniemomen09-20"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;mode &equals; "manual"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;type &equals; "smart"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;marketplace &equals; "amazon"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;region &equals; "US"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;title &equals; "My Amazon Picks"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;linkid &equals; "eb964cc538ebe21828d82187012280b6"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;asins &equals; "B07757R58W&comma;B0775FLHPN&comma;B01N5XMF48&comma;B07D1CPRBN"&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;<script src&equals;"&sol;&sol;z-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;onejs&quest;MarketPlace&equals;US"><&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;He said he&comma; and Letty&&num;8217&semi;s godmother&comma; Cynthia Rivera&comma; spent days searching for the teenager before they found her inside an abandoned home&period; They then took her to safety&comma; and reported her captor to police&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We were able to locate her and call HPD and have this animal arrested&comma;” Rivera explained&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;But Letty&&num;8217&semi;s family said in a separate interview with <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;abc13&period;com&sol;we-got-her-back-damaged-sex-trafficked-teen-dies-by-suicide&sol;5621256&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer">KTRK <&sol;a>that the girl they brought back home was not the same girl who had left&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However&comma; she says&comma; he was let go after a few days&period; The family adds after Letty’s abduction&comma; she ran away from home twice to be with him&period; They believe the trafficker worked with at least three other men to move her around and drug her&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Rivera says they preyed on her vulnerabilities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-332783" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;Missing-person-flyer-for-Leticia-Serrano&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Missing person flyer for Leticia Serrano&period;jpg" width&equals;"672" height&equals;"832" &sol;><strong>In 2017 13-year-old Letty &lbrack;photo in missing poster&rsqb;&comma; was drugged and forced into the sex trade by an older man&period; Her family rescued her after a few days&comma; but they say she was not the same person  <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6> <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-332781" style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;Mariano-Serrano-left-and-Cynthia-Rivera-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Mariano Serrano&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and Cynthia Rivera 1&period;JPG" width&equals;"764" height&equals;"411" &sol;><strong style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;We got her back damaged&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8211&semi; Mariano Serrano&comma; Letty&&num;8217&semi;s father &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and Cynthia Rivera&comma; her godmother&comma; now want the sex trafficker to face justice <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;We got her back damaged&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Rivera said&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Since her rescue&comma; Letty had run away from home twice to be with her abductor&comma; who the family say preyed on the teen&&num;8217&semi;s weaknesses&comma; including the fact that she was a loner at school and that her brother had recently died&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;To make matters worse&comma; Letty&&num;8217&semi;s godmother said the sex trafficker was freed just six days after being arrested&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Now&comma; Rivera and Mariano Serrano are blaming the unnamed man for Letty&&num;8217&semi;s suicide and want him to face justice&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I want to see him in court&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the Serrano says&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I want to tell him it&&num;8217&semi;s his fault my daughter is dead&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"moduleFull">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"sciencetech item html&lowbar;snippet module">&NewLine;<p><iframe src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;abc13&period;com&sol;video&sol;embed&sol;&quest;pid&equals;5621401" width&equals;"636" height&equals;"350" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"allowfullscreen" data-mce-fragment&equals;"1"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">Commander Jim Dale is over the Houston Police Department Vice Division&period; He learned about Letty’s death Monday and he is taking steps toward reopening the sex trafficking case involving Letty&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have requested an interview with my investigators so we can reopen the case&comma;” Dale said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Meanwhile&comma; Rivera has launched a <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;donate&sol;2443060539315370&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer">fundraiser <&sol;a>through Facebook to pay for her goddaughter&&num;8217&semi;s funeral&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

Exit mobile version