article_snippet: (CNN)Melissa was sold into the sex trade by a family member when a family member was only 12 years old.
article_snippet: Melissa miraculously escaped Melissa but, as is the case with so many other victims, Melissa struggled for years to distance Melissa from Melissa past, even finding Melissa in jail on multiple occasions.
article_snippet: In, Minnesota, for example, a 12-year-old girl received a text message that a 12-year-old girl thought was from a friend.
article_snippet: It invited a 12-year-old girl to go to a party and asked a 12-year-old girl to go to a fast food restaurant nearby.
article_snippet: But a 12-year-old girl didn't get to a party.
article_snippet: Instead, a 12-year-old girl was taken to a hotel and raped by a 34-year-old pimp, forced to take explicit photos of a 12-year-old girl that were then posted on Craigslist, before being forced to have sex with two more men who saw the post.