Twist in ‘Taken-style kidnap’ of Emmarae Gervasi, 14, as 2 women including ‘loving grandma’ charged with sex trafficking
Twist in ‘Taken-style kidnap’ of Emmarae Gervasi, 14, as 2 women including ‘loving grandma’ charged with sex trafficking
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TWO women have been arrested and charged with sex trafficking for their alleged roles in the disappearance of Emmarae Gervasi. The 14-year-old was saved by her loving father a month after she disappeared from her home in a "Taken-style" kidnapping. The number of suspects allegedly involved in the crime now totals seven after Emmarae hopped into a car outside her home on December 9.
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Emmarae was only saved after her heroic dad Frank rescued her from a boat she was being held on in Islip, Long Island, New York. Suffolk County cops charged Jacquelyn Comiskey, 52, and Elizabeth Hunter, 34, with sex trafficking and endangering the welfare of a child on Monday, according to the New York Post.
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Comiskey is alleged to have transported Emmarae to Bunice Knight’s home in exchange for crack cocaine the day before she was found on the boat. Comiskey claimed to be a loving grandmother on her Instagram page, according to Greater Long Island news. Both pleaded not guilt to the charges when they appeared in front of a judge at Suffolk County First District Court.
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Their bail was set at $750,000 each. Knight, 47, of Copiague, New York, was arrested and charged a fortnight ago with endangering the welfare of a child. Francis Buckheit, 65, was later arrested and charged with rape, kidnapping and acting in a manner injurous to a child in connection to the shocking case.
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