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Jul 2024
40m 47s

GIRL, 14, SEX TRAFFICKED FROM MUSEUM TOU...

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New Orleans PD desperately searching for a missing child, Kristhal Chinchilla-Canizales,  just 14. Kristhal is 5’2”, has black hair with blonde tips, and brown eyes. Last seen wearing a blue yoga jumpsuit with a black Harley pullover layered on top.   

Louisiana’s Orleans Parish Department of Children and Family Services plans a day trip for foster children to a New Orleans Museum, May 22nd.  Kristhal, enjoys the day out with her friends, smiling, and making silly faces for a group photo, but later, during a headcount, DCFS agents realize Kristhal is gone. No child or adult knows when Kristhal disappeared.  

New Orleans PD canvass the museum’s campus and surrounding city blocks, but no sign of the teen. Investigators now say they fear Kristhal has been trafficked for sex. NOPD has not yet released information explaining the theory, but trafficking is not uncommon in the city, with 1500 new trafficking cases reported in 2023.   

New Orleans PD will not confirm from which museum Kristhal  disappeared, but have confirmed she was last seen in the Central Business District, a neighborhood that spans approximately 12 blocks, bordered by I-10 and the mighty Mississippi river.

 

Joining Nancy Today: 

  • Dr. John Delatorre - licensed psychologist and mediator, specializing in forensic psychology, psychological consultant to Project Absentis: a non profit organization that searches for missing persons, resolutionfcs.com, Twitter, IG, and TikTok - @drjohndelatorre
  • Dawn Schiller - Training Director, LA County Project: Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking,  Former trafficking victim,  Lived Experience Expert Consultant: US Department of State, Office for Victims of Crime, & US Office on Trafficking in Persons //Author: "The Road Through Wonderland: Surviving John Holmes" Website: www.dawn-schiller.com  www.dawn-schiller.com/shop FB dawn.schiller.9/  FB AuthorDawnSchiller/ INSTA: @dawnschiller55  X: @Dawn Schiller
  • Lynn Shaw - Founder and Executive Director of Lynn's Warriors - an organization committed to ending human trafficking and sexual exploitation 
  • John Pizzuro - Raven’s CEO,  Fmr. New Jersey State Police Commander of the  Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force,  Fmr. New Jersey State Police
  • Elaine Aradillas - Senior Crime Reporter at the Messenger, Twitter: @elaineja, Instagram: @the_elaineja

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