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NYC Cops Find Dead Baby of Hooker Slave

Tiny body encased in cement in a cooler

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 26, 2009 5:30 AM CST

(Newser) – Brooklyn police have discovered the body of a baby belonging to a woman forced into prostitution by a sex trafficking couple. The tiny body of the 2-month-old baby boy was encased in cement in a cooler in a flophouse. The baby's mom, an illegal Mexican immigrant, was beaten and forced into prostitution and was not allowed to obtain medical help when her infant fell ill, police said. The baby's father was the woman's pimp, reports the New York Daily News.

The sex ringleaders smuggled illegal immigrants into New York and forced them to work off their smuggling fees selling sex, police said. "It's horrific," said a woman who works nearby. "I can't believe they did this to a baby." The ringleaders have been arrested and the woman is recovering from injuries suffered from abuse.

The father of the baby was the woman's pimp. (?Mountainside Crochet)

The body of a 2-month-old baby boy was found encased in cement in a Brooklyn flophouse. (?beggs)

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Jeebus

Nov 27, 2009 9:20 AM CST

I wonder how often this unnecessary shit happens in Nevada where prostitution is legal. Our current prostitution laws are designed to turn pimps into millionaires, while turning young women into slaves.

Count-Spatula

Nov 27, 2009 8:27 AM CST

It would make a good band name, I guess. "And now... 'Dead Baby of HOOKER SLAAAAAVE!'" (ROAR, applause)

kokuaguy

Nov 26, 2009 12:11 PM CST

For those interested in information on human trafficking in the US: http://www.commondreams.org/vi... and http://www.commondreams.org/he...

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