Chicago Illinois, United States
Robert Lewis Young aka “Blue Diamond”, DR grey Kimmel, and Jody Spears. Young transported juveniles from Hawaii to Chicago and Detroit. Young was sentenced to 25 years in prison; 5 years supervised release, and ordered to pay $67,000 in child support for his 12 children. On Oct. 30, 2007, one of Young’s pimp partners, Jody Spears, was sentenced to eight years. On May 29, 2008, Kimmel plead guilty to one count of money laundering and agreed to forfeit $405,000.
Location
United States · Chicago Illinois · 2011 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
investigation led to arrest of Young, Kimmel and Spears, and rescue of victims.
case was investigated by the FBI’s Innocence Lost initiative with the Department of Justice’s Child Exploitation-Obscenity Section and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
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