Police had to force their way into the room and found the woman alone.
A suspected human trafficking victim who had been missing for seven years was rescued by police guided by her “blood-curdling” screams in Inkster, Michigan, The New York Times reported. A motel. New York Post.
The person, whose identity has not been released, contacted her stepparents and told them she was being held against her will at the motel. Inkster is about 32 kilometers from the bustling metropolis of Detroit and 135 kilometers from the state capital Lansing. It is a suburb of Detroit with about 25,700 residents.
A woman who went missing in 2017 has been rescued from the Evergreen Motel, Michigan State Police announced Thursday.
Officers concluded the woman was being held at the Evergreen Motel and confirmed her presence upon their arrival.
“They described it as a crying, screaming noise that lured them to that particular area,” Michigan State Police Lt. Mike Shaw told local Michigan news outlet WXYZ.
Police had to force their way into the room and found the woman alone. Now in her thirties, she was found physically unharmed despite the presence of drugs and guns in the room. She was taken to a nearby hospital where she is undergoing counseling and has been reunited with her family. Her identity has not been released and authorities have not provided further information about her disappearance.
Detectives specializing in human trafficking are actively involved in missing persons cases.
“We’ll see what happens next, right…interview her to see if a crime like human trafficking did occur, or if it was a domestic violence situation, or what’s different. I don’t want to use the word kidnapping,” WXYZ reported in Michigan. State Police Lt. Mike Shaw further added: “It was like someone grabbed her and took her to that location. This may have been a relationship that turned into being held against your will and trafficked. “
