Indianapolis, IN & Speedway, IN, United States
Chris Smiley - 27 years old - The victim tried to escape but she says Smiley "pointed a black semi-automatic gun at her and hit her in the side of the head with it" saying "You know what happens to the girls that try to run?" Ayannah Willis - 26 years old - The victim told police that night Willis threatened to "rape her with the knife." The victim says that's when Willis told her she would have to prostitute herself to pay off her parents' drug debt: she "would perform sexual acts and sexual intercourse with several men a day from ads" on "Craig’s list" and "live links" phone line. Latoya Harlin - 21 years old -Court documents detail the relationships of the three, who called themselves "Team Smiley."
Location
United States · Indianapolis, IN & Speedway, IN · 2010 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Indianapolis Vice Department Indiana Protection of Abused and Trafficked Humans
Smiley & Willis were charged with human trafficking, battery and promoting prostitution. Harlin was charged with battery, promoting prostitution and criminal confinement
Victim was reunited with other family members. Other services unknown
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