Sex trafficking and the case of the Black Widow

The Sleuth

Happy Thanksgiving from the Sleuths! We hope you had a fantastic holiday.

The Sleuths discuss how to notice the signs of sex trafficking and bring awareness to the issue so you can know what to look for and when to report. Jamie shared a story about going undercover as a Private Investigator to investigate a man who worked at a massage parlor who was thought to be giving more than just a traditional massage.

We shared startling statistics on sex trafficking crimes in the US.

In this episode, the sleuths talk about Stumptown episode five, called Bad Alibis. They look for real-life comparisons for private investigators from this television show starring Colby Smuthers.

The Sleuths continue the case of the black widow where a truck driving husband who believed his wife was poisoning his daily mountain dews so she could move on with another man. He hired Blackman Detective Services to have the bottles tested. The client confronted his wife. The client suspected she was cheating. One day he didn't show up for work and his employer reported him missing. His vehicle had been pulled behind a workshop building. It's currently suspected that the wife and the boyfriend are to blame. He is still missing to this day. Three years after the client was reported missing the wife was found dead in a tributary leading to a large body of water.

Also mentioned in this episode

• Project No Rest
• The Polaris project
• The SheWee reusable pee funnel