In late December 2007, 17-year-old Danica Childs was making plans to get together with her family to do some Christmas shopping in Federal Way, Washington.

And then, just like that, she was gone.

“I was driving home and we were talking [about Christmas shopping] and I got off the phone and realized I forgot to tell her something,” Danica’s mother, Dianne Zoro, tells PEOPLE of the last time she spoke to her daughter on Dec. 21, 2007.

“So I called her back,” Zoro recalls. “It just went straight to voicemail.”

Zoro was never able to reach her daughter again. Hours after trying to get a hold of Danica, she contacted police and reported the teen as missing. [More]
 

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - A Federal Way mom says the recent arrest of two people charged with human trafficking in Pierce County is a reminder of how prevalent trafficking is in Western Washington.

"It is each and every day 24-7. It's always there," said Federal Way's Dianne Zoro.

Her daughter Danica Childs was just 17 years old when she disappeared more than a decade ago. She was working a job and had just signed up to take classes to get her GED.

Zoro is now one of an estimated hundreds of parents in King County who likely know the pain of losing a child to the sex slave industry. [More]