Authorities said a 16-year-old boy ran away from his Sugar Land home and was getting ready to board a train to Los Angeles when he was rescued.
FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — A Sugar Land teen was rescued with just minutes to spare before he would have boarded a train to Los Angeles and possibly become a victim of human trafficking.joined forces to raise awareness about the dangers surrounding human trafficking and what can be done to help prevent it from happening.
The 16-year-old boy's parents reported him missing Tuesday morning after he ran away from their Sugar Land home. The next day,Through the post, they learned that the teen was getting ready to board a train bound for Los Angeles.Fagan said they reached out to HPD for help and officers were able to find him within 10 minutes. He was alone at a train station.
He's now back home, and while that story ended well, oftentimes, it doesn't. Missing teens often become victims of human trafficking. "Human traffickers use social media a lot of times claiming to be young people and getting someone at a train station or bus station, that's a perfect location to apprehend these children and put them into this type of lifestyle," Fagan said.He also said it's not just girls that are potential targets.
"It's a fallacy to think it's only young girls that get trapped in human trafficking, anyone can do this, so that's why it was vital to find this young man so quickly, and again, I can't thank HPD enough for collaborating with us to bring this to a happy ending," Fagan said.KHOU would like to send you push notifications about the latest news and weather.
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