COLUMBUS – Authorities are asking for help locating a 17-year-old girl they believe is the victim of human trafficking and a man wanted for questioning about her whereabouts.
The Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force says Daniela Judith Cruz-Rios is undocumented, unaccompanied and only speaks Spanish.
Task Force officials believe her traffickers are manipulating and threatening her as a means of control because her mother and infant child are still in Mexico.
Officials say Moises Perez Jimenez, 42, is wanted on a felony warrant for disseminating matter harmful to a juvenile and is being sought for questioning related to the search for the missing girl.
RECOGNIZE THIS MAN? The Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force needs help locating Moises Perez Jimenez. He has a felony warrant for Disseminating Matter Harmful to a Juvenile and is wanted for questioning related to the human trafficking investigation of a missing juvenile. pic.twitter.com/MnWAiiUYtG
— Columbus Division of Police (@ColumbusPolice) July 26, 2022
Anyone with information regarding whereabouts of Jimenez or the girl is asked to call the Columbus Division of Police at 614-645-4545 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS.