Missing teen was sex trafficked to dozens after meeting man on dating app, US feds say

The 16-year-old said she had met Brown on the dating app 3Fun. — Image by Freepik

A 16-year-old girl missing from her Indiana home for several months was being sex trafficked by a man she met on a dating app, US federal authorities say.

The Evansville, Indiana, girl and her friend from Greenwood, Indiana, were found at the man’s Ohio house in October, court documents show. The 26-year-old man, identified as Payton Jamar Brown, now faces federal charges of sex trafficking of minors and sexually exploiting children, according to the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.