Derron Daquano

Dec 7, 2023 | knoe.com | Rick Portier |Derron Daquano

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - You’re 17 years old. You’ve run away from yet another foster home where your foster parents have isolated you, possibly abused you. You meet someone who says he’ll take care of you, give you a place to live, feed you. He seems nice. You go with him, and he sells you for sex. The story of how Sheri Combs was lured in and forced into a life of abuse and rape is typical of how many teens are trapped into sex trafficking.

Nov 30, 2023 | wafb.com | Rick Portier |Derron Daquano

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - In 2022 close to 1000 people sold for sex in Louisiana. Their humanity, their dignity, their bodies bartered for cash. Experts all admit, whether you call it human trafficking, or sex trafficking, it is difficult to talk about. "You sanitize it when you call it human trafficking." said Father Jeff Bayhi. Father Bayhi is a retired Catholic priest who founded and runs Metanoia Manor. It is a refuge for female survivors of human sex trafficking. "It's rape. It's abuse.

Nov 30, 2023 | wafb.com | Rick Portier |Derron Daquano

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - You're 17 years old. You've run away from yet another foster home where your foster parents have isolated you . . . possibly abused you. You meet someone who says he'll take care of you. Give you a place to live. Feed you. He seems nice. You go with him, and he sells you for sex. The story of how Sheri Combs was lured in and forced into a life of abuse and rape is typical of how many teens are trapped into sex trafficking.