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Felonious Florida

Wondery | Sun Sentinel

Crime Story, Documentary, Exhibit C, History, Murder Documentaries, Florida, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.4 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

A 13-year-old girl disappears from her mother’s apartment, only to return a week later beaten, raped, and with a rose tattoo on her neck. She barely escaped her terrifying ordeal. But within hours, police have her in handcuffs — she's under arrest for crimes her captors forced her to commit.

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Human trafficking help and resources

If you are a human trafficking victim or have information about a potential trafficking situation, call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) at 1-888-373-7888 or text 233733. NHTRC is a national, toll-free hotline, with specialists available to answer calls from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can also get more information and submit a tip on the NHTRC website.

If you believe a child is involved in a trafficking situation, submit a tip through the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s CyberTipline or call 1-800-THE-LOST. FBI personnel assigned to NCMEC review information that is provided to the CyberTipline.

Parents and caregivers of children who have been victims of sex or labor trafficking can find help and resources through the Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crimes.

If you have information on the disappearance of Sophie Reeder or any other case you’ve heard in this podcast, contact Crime Stoppers USA at 1-800-222-TIPS. Tips can be made anonymously.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to Flonious Florida Add Free on Amazon Music.
0:05.1	Download the app today.
0:08.2	This episode contains graphic language and descriptions of events that some listeners
0:11.8	may find disturbing.
0:26.4	On a March morning in 2018, Mary Skelly woke up to find her Fort Lauderdale home ransacked.
0:33.0	Items were taken, her cell phone, a tablet, credit cards and other valuables.
0:38.6	Her white Volkswagen Getta was gone, and so was her 13-year-old daughter, Laura.
0:44.4	She reported Laura missing that morning, but said the police weren't taking the report
0:48.6	seriously.
0:50.4	Officers told her, well, she'll come home when she's hungry.
0:54.3	And Laura did come home.
0:56.1	Seven days later, malnourished, raped, beaten, with a rose tattoo on her neck.
1:02.4	And Mary said her daughter had a sexually transmitted disease.
1:05.8	She said that she was in Miami, that they took her to Miami, that they sold her article
1:15.4	tell that had heart-shaped beds, and she sold her chips to $3,000.
1:22.0	On the first attempt of a escape, she was hit by a crowbar, they had gunned on her, they
1:27.5	made her wear a thong underwear, having she gave home a thong underwear completely
1:32.6	different outfits.
1:34.6	This is a girl who was a fourth-place in question writer and juggler.
1:39.5	She's gifted for second language, she's so beautiful.
1:42.6	It was a lucky break that gave Laura a chance to escape from the man or men who were
1:57.9	trafficking her for days, selling her for sex in a Miami hotel room.
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