This is the second multi-episode documentary I've seen about these women. And like the first, it's suspenseful and appears to be informative but in the end nothing is answered; nothing is resolved. All they managed to do is add to the misinformation about these cases.
Two things really bother me about this series. 1) they're exploiting a tragedy for their own profit and once their film was completed they left and nothing happened afterwards. Google it. These cases are still as much unsolved as they were in 2017. So what did this team of self-professed experts accomplish: nothing. I think it's pretty clear that once the cameras were turned off the police turned back to business as usual and their mode right now is wait and see. Unless some evidence shows up on their doorstep like a confession, eye witness backed by corroborating evidence, dna maybe, these cases will never be solved. 2) the amount of time and attention that the police gave them is disturbing. I don't know about this area of ohio but where I live I'm barred legally from finding out what's happening in my own neighborhood. If someone was operating a drug house next to me, I wouldn't legally be entitled to any police reports, or any other info about the house. I know this for a fact because this happened to me once and when I tried to take legal action against the property owners, I was barred by the police and the city from any info. But, these people with their self-appointed titles, cameras, and money don't appear to be having any trouble getting interviews and non-classified info from the police. What makes them so special? They're not family of the victims so what makes them so special? They're not journalists either. Calling something a documentary doesn't make it a documentary. Journalists are not licensed professionals. Anybody can call themselves a journalist. Generally though, the police check credentials and if it's from a known source they'll treat them as journalists. But this production shows that if you create a film company and make films, you can call yourself a journalist and convince some people you're more important that anyone else.
And, contrary to what this documentary claims, there's no cartel in human trafficking that has taken over ohio. Prostitutes are not victims. They're not sex slaves. It comes down to basic economics. A young woman with no education or job skills can't make enough money to support a drug habit. They may be victims of an addiction, but this idea that there's a cartel or mafia recruiting women and forcing them to solicit is just ludicrous. It's all part of an effort to decriminalize prostitution. Twenty years ago, the argument was that prostitution was a victimless crime and when that didn't work, a mass hysteria was implanted that these women were being bought and sold and forced to solicit on a mass scale so the focus now is on something called 'human trafficking' instead of going after the johns and prostitutes that are out on the streets. This concept gives the police an excuse not to prosecute. So prostitution flourishes in many areas and if you look at a crime map, where prostitution exists so does a variety of other crimes. Are some women coerced by men into prostitution, sure. But are they forced to solicit and have no other choices, not likely. Go out on the streets and you'll find that these women are not saints. Sure, they'll give away their food to someone who is homeless but they won't have any hesitation to steal or commit larceny if they have the chance. Many are on drugs, and also have police records for all sorts of other offences. So it's ludicrous to treat them as a victim of some mysterious cartel.
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