Girls who went missing at CT sleepover trafficked into prostitution by men they met online: police

Police have said that three teenage girls who went missing in Connecticut but were later rescued by their family members were forced into prostitution by men who they met online. The girls went missing during a sleepover that took place earlier this year.

The 14-year-olds gathered for a sleepover in Bristol, but what took place next, one of the victims said was a "joy ride gone bad." There were a total of seven men charged in the case who were identified as Donovan Dunn, Raheem Jones, Tyrod Jackson, Ahmad Compton, Bernard Mickens, James Williams, and Tahjay Wilson. They have been charged with counts such as sexual assault, kidnapping, risk of injury to a minor, illegal sexual contact with a minor, and others.

Once at a home in Bristol, they were brought to Dunn's home in Hartford, Connecticut where he and four other men sexually assaulted them, according to police.

Dunn, who cooperated with police in the investigation, said that he saw one of the victims in his social media feed and had connected with her via direct message. Dunn claimed one girl told him she was 17 years old.

The group had been smoking marijuana as well as drinking. The girls said that after they were drunk, it became a “free for all” and that the sex at Dunn's home was not consensual.

The girls said they were then dropped off by the men at a “trap house” at 25 Hillyer St. and were supposed to be picked back up by the men. Instead, they were later taken to the Super 8 hotel on West Service Road by two other men. Both sexually assaulted them in one of the rooms and then one of them tried to pay them after the assault took place. 

Compton then showed up, according to the documents. After the girls told him they were all 14, he said they looked 16, and said they would be treated as 16 and that he wanted to get them into the business of prostitution.

He raped all of them, according to police documents, and then explained what hand signals to use and their meaning for them to have sex with other men. He said they would get flip phones and would be taken to specific locations. One girl said that using his hands he traced a circle and told the three teens that they were in his circle now.

The ordeal lasted for three days, and the girls were given alcohol and drugs throughout the time they were taken advantage of. The families of the girls reported them missing, and they were later identified by witnesses who saw them.

"This is a difficult crime that not only impacted these young girls, but also their families and the community, and it's a reminder that human trafficking does occur and it's devastating when it does," Hartford State Attorney Sharmese Walcott said.