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If you need other assistance, call or email owhdigital ggl. Learn more about Subscriber Plus. Windy with on and off snow showers this morning. Bright sunshine later. High 26F. Winds NNW at 20 to 30 mph. Updated: December 9, am. Dawn was forced into prostitution at the age of She escaped, and her cooperation with law enforcement helped clinch a federal case against the traffickers. Now 19, Dawn stands outside the apartment where she was held captive near 31st Street and Poppleton Avenue in Omaha.
The two-part series: Traditionally seen as criminals, prostitutes often are viewed now as victims, held against their will and forced to do as they are told. Law enforcement and community groups are stepping in to help.
Coming Monday: A new mother struggles to break free from her pimp. Nearby were the pimps who forced her into this just hours after Dawn had landed at their house thinking it would be an escape from home. The pimps made her put on lingerie. They made her pose for suggestive online ads. And after Dawn had spent a terrifying night job-shadowing a prostitute and bawling with a fellow runaway who was just 13, the pimps brought her to this apartment near Hanscom Park.
We are starting to hear more about people like Dawn who are trapped in an underground sex market. These victims are hidden in plain sight whether online or squirreled away in an apartment on the quiet street where Dawn and her year-old friend were held captive. Dawn did not plan to become a prostitute. She had what she said was a normal childhood: She played basketball, went to church, hung out with friends. The trouble started when Dawn β her middle name β experimented with alcohol as an eighth-grader.
