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Mableton, Georgia, United States

David Lee Walker Age: 29 Sentenced to 12 years in prison for Human Trafficking and other related charges - May 20, 2011 David Lee Walker, a pimp who operated in the metro Atlanta area, controlled at least five women, all between the ages of 20 and 24. They operated out of Rodeway Inn at Fulton Industrial Boulevard, south of the city. But one night, apparently, one of the girls decided she had had enough and wanted to leave. When Walker wasn't around, she fled to a nearby restaurant - The Varsity - to look for help. But Walker found out, and he ordered the other women he controlled to bring her back to their motel. Walker and the women beat the 21-year-old with a bottle until her eyes swelled shut and there was a hole in her head. Then, one of the women locked her in the dog cage and left her there overnight, with injuries untreated. Five people, including alleged pimp David Lee Walker, are charged with beating the woman until her eyes were swollen shut and she had a hole in her head from being hit with a bottle. The victim was then forced into a 3-by-5 foot dog cage and kept there overnight. Walker sent cell phone pictures of the caged woman to other pimps.

Location
United States · Mableton, Georgia · 2010 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
The station says police received a tip that led them to the victim in a hotel room. The crime probably would have passed unnoticed, but Fulton County police discovered the victim when searching all the motel rooms in an unrelated case, Morris said. Given medical care, nothing else mentioned. http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/local_news/Man-Expected-to-Plead-Guilty-in-Woman's-Beating-20110519-pm-sd http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20001782-504083.html http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/pimp-gets-12-years-951687.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 http://news.change.org/stories/atlanta-pimp-locks-woman-in-dog-cage-for-trying-to-escape-prostitution

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