ATLANTA — Editor's note: The video above is from previous coverage of the case.
Two others have been arrested for a case of alleged trafficking of a 17-year-old girl from Missouri in Fulton County, according to the Georgia attorney general's office on Thursday.
A 35-year-old was arrested on October 11 and charged with three counts of trafficking of persons for sexual servitude, and a 34-year-old was arrested on October 26 and charged with one count of the same crime, according to the office.
The office also said the pair's arrest led to investigators identifying a 15-year-old that they'd allegedly also trafficked.
“It’s been three years since the recovery of this 17-year-old victim, and we continue to identify and charge additional people who we allege were engaged in her trafficking," Chris Carr, the Georgia Attorney General, said. "Nine of those defendants are already in prison, and we have not only made two new arrests, but we have also located a second underage victim who we will keep fighting for every step of the way.”
There are now 13 people who face charges in the case in connection to the alleged trafficking of a 17-year-old girl. This included the indictment against Terry Florence in DeKalb County and ten others in Fulton Couty, nine of which, the office said, have entered guilty pleas.
“This case serves as yet another reminder that children who are missing are increasingly vulnerable to sex trafficking," Carr said, "and we must do all we can to locate and protect them."
More about the case
A missing 17-year-old from Missouri, who was labeled a runaway, was rescued during Operation Not Forgotten. It's an annual operation in Georgia conducted by the U.S. Marshals Service Missing Child Unit with a mission of rescuing endangered missing children.
The teenager was found in the Travelodge off Interstate 75 in College Park. The Attorney General's Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit immediately started working on the case in 2020, trying to find the individuals who were selling and buying the teen.
On July 25, the Attorney General's Office announced a new indictment against Florence. He's now charged with seven counts of trafficking of persons for sexual servitude and one count of sexual exploitation of children. His charges involve three different victims, including the 17-year-old from Missouri.
Warrants say she was sold and bought for sex out of multiple motels in DeKalb County, including a Motel 6 in Tucker.