It’s been almost two months since a Pennsylvania teen who’d recently moved to New York City disappeared.
Since Sept. 20, no one has seen or heard from 19-year-old Corinna Slusser, an aspiring cosmetologist who grew up in Bloomsburg.
According to family, Slusser traveled to New York City in March after meeting a Harlem man her relatives suspect of being a pimp.
“She wanted out from this small town that she was living in and this guy gave her that out,” Slusser’s aunt, Julie Anne Becker-Calfa, told News 12 The Bronx. “And it just developed and the psychology behind human trafficking is insane. They know exactly what they’re doing to break these girls down.”
Slusser’s family reported her missing on Sept. 12, when she failed to show up at her grandfather’s funeral in Florida.
After alerting authorities, Slusser’s mother, Sabina Tuorto, turned to Facebook, pleading for her daughter’s return.
“My daughter was a great student, [and] a cheerleader. She had many friends and lived her life as a normal teenager. I need her home and I can’t bare anymore days like this,” Tuorto wrote on Oct. 10.
