—Her mother was asleep on the couch just a few feet away when her stepdad put his hands down her pants and molested her. She was eight years old. Scared, she finally pulled away and ran to the bathroom, but it got even creepier. When she opened the door, her stepdad was standing there, waiting for her. The monster in the dark, so to speak, put his arms around her and whispered into her ear. “I’m sorry. I thought you would like it it,” he said.

The alleged trafficker told the victim’s mother he needed help cleaning an office. Instead, the Victor Ruiz told the 13-year-old victim that “they” were going to give massages to men in exchange for money and that the men would be “naked,” according to a probable cause affidavit submitted by Officer S. Schmieman.