RUNAWAY CHILDREN
Stockbridge Street Girl
By Stan Lewis
Several years ago, I became interested in Missing and Runaway Children.
An
acquaintance of mine, who knew of my concerns, introduced me to a young,
pretty women from Stockbridge.
We met in Atlanta's Piedmont Park, and I brought along my tape recorder.
Her story
was one of the most explicit tales of a runaway child, that I ever had heard.
At twelve years of age,this young woman ran away from her family,hundreds
of miles
away to Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Alternately hitching rides from truckers,
she arrived
at her destination, lucky to be alive. Between trips she was raped and abandoned
several
times.
Things did not get better, as she found herself hungry and homeless in California.
After days
of barely surviving, she became caught up in the streets, making her living
as a prostitute.
Shortly thereafter, she moved to Las Vegas, where she was up for sale, into
a white slavery
ring.
Some how, with a lot of luck and God's help she made it back home to Stockbridge.I
always
tell here how special she must be, to have survived what many other's do
not each year,
and to live to see her own kids grow up healthy. Runaway children do die
in great numbers each year, and there are some 5,000 of them reported here
in Georgia every year.
As a licensed private investigator, I closely work amongst dysfunctional
families.
Recently, I worked on a statutory rape case in Clayton County. This adult
male had found
a thirteen year old kid on a voice mail service. Well after their romance
didn't work out,
the young lady accused him of several felonies including aggravated child
molestation.
His sentencing will be soon, although I must admit there are no winners
here.
Parents, talk to your kids, give them quality time. And concern yourself
with your children's
use of the phone, the computer, and the pager/voice mail services. There
are predators out
there who will gladly take over the care of your child if you don't want
to!
Stan Lewis
Private Investigator
HBG Investigations
(770)739-6378
E MAIL: EyesightGa@aol.com
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