Household of Kidnapped Girl Claims Inaction of Dallas Police & Mavs in Sex Trafficking Case

DALLAS - A 15-year-old girl from North Richland Hills is now home after being abducted by a man at an April 8 Dallas Mavericks sport at American Airways Center. But the household still seeks answers, and is charging the Mavs, the AAC and Dallas Police for not performing swiftly enough relating to the crime, which had the lady as a part of a sex-trafficking operation.

“She was gone lacking a complete of 11 days,” attorney Zeke Fortenberry stated. “Our intent is that manner (the aforementioned organizations) are on notice that we’re pursuing claims towards them for their negligence and different causes of motion.''

Fortenberry stated the teenager’s father knowledgeable police on the game when he realized she was lacking. But, based on the attorney, the daddy was informed to report the allegations to his hometown North Richland Hills Police. 

Fortenberry claims NRH police mentioned they weren’t in a position to help because the incident occurred in Dallas.

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The lawyer said it was the Houston-based human trafficking company Texas Counter-Trafficking Initiative that labored to find the lacking lady, who was being held in an Oklahoma Metropolis motel.

Dallas Police instructed WFAA that they adopted protocol'' and that they aided North Richland Hills PD in the search.

The Mavs responded publicly on April 20, after the woman was found, the workforce releasing the following assertion: “The American Airways Middle (and the Dallas Mavericks) are grateful that the teenager has been discovered.Each entities will continue to cooperate with native and regional legislation enforcement on this case.''