then that's when backpage came into play. >> what did he say about backpage? >> he said it's safer. "well worth it, $150 an hour, it won't take long at all," natalie says she started earning $4,000 a weekend for sex, handing over all the cash to hobson. >> he started getting physically abusive. he would sleep in the living room next to the front door so i couldn't leave. >> how often did you work? >> every day. it's too simple. ask if you're 18 or older, a went. >> it tore our family apart. >> reporter: natalie's father tom would spend his days driving around seattle. >> the dreams of her going to college -- >> reporter: searching desperately for his missing girl. >> day after day, yeah. >> reporter: he learned she might be working the streets. the idea alone pushed him to a breaking point. >> what ran through my mind is what i was going to do, how i was going to handle it, when i found her. parents found out she wasn't even on the streets but being sold online. what was it like for you to realize that was going on with backpage? >> when you hear that your 15-year-old child is posti

have you been on backpages before? >> no.anted a massage. >> would you be surprised to know that every guy i talked tonight said the same thing. are you the one guy telling the truth? what is your wife going to say? does she know you're doing this? >> yes, i go to massages. while i'm in dallas, i go to massages. >> where in dallas do you go to get massages? do you go to backpages in dallas for massages. >> i google, and i look for cheap and i go for massage. >> when you look at pictures on-line and see naked ladies there and ladies with their butt hanging out and boobs hanging out, did you see the words "deep tissue" in that ad? >> no. >> are you going to be straight with me? >> yeah. >> really? i'm giving you one more chance. >> i wish i had a lie detector that i could prove it to you. >> okay. are these the typical guys? do they differ in any way? vary in any way? >> they have their own reasons. we got a guy tonight on his honeymoon. i don't understand that. i don't understand any of it. >> mohamed, is it true you're here o

male undercovers browse the internet looking for sex ads on websites like backpage and booking dates with women. >> you got your girlfriend with you, right? >> yeah, i'd really like to meet you. >> meanwhile, female undercovers create phoney sex ads and upload them to backpage in an effort to lure unsuspecting johns into the sting. >> it says sexy hallie's here ready to make all of your fantasies come true. >> i usually, for 30 minutes i usually charge $100. >> call volume is high this friday afternoon as would-be johns are flush with cash and looking to kick off the weekend with a woman for hire. >> all right, i'll see you in a little bit. >> you have a lot of people that are maybe coming home from work, so before they go home to their families, they're calling an escort, wanting to pay to have sex. >> there's a world out here that the normal world just doesn't understand. >> operations like these are essential to polk county sheriff grady judd and his zero tolerance policy for vice in his jurisdiction. he wants those who may see prostitution as a victimless crime to take a deeper,

judge ruled that karl ferrere and backpage have to turn over all the requested documents per taping to their escort ads within the next ten days. our thanks to gloria riviera and (vo) it'd be great to take a break from the expected, virtually. now, you can. experience the new gold castle scratch-off with 3d gameplay. >>> now, new york's number one news. channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> murdered, now mourned. the devastated family of a new clues they hope will point them in the direction of her killer. >> sideswiped. a pickup truck slams into a man in a bronx supermarket parking lot and keeps on going. >> good evening, i'm sade bederinwa. >> and i'm david nevaro in for bill ritter. mourners filled the funeral home in queens tonight for the one day wait. the jogger's body discovered tuesday night in howard beach. sneaker and earphones about 60 feet away from her body. they are testing the items for dna and fingerprints. >> eyewitness news reporter, carolina lead with more. >> reporter: in addition to all that new evidence, there is still that $10,000 reward, still very few answers and very

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. >> who turned you on to backpage. >> i turned myself on it to. >> no one introduced you or told youharges in ohio, south carolina and florida for assault, drugs and promoting prostitution. since chicago, msnbc tracked dunaway posting ads in a new city every week. she earned another arrest in louisiana along the wachlt still she insists she's an independent operator. >> are you still with him? >> look at her neck. >> is she tattooed? >> she is inked all over. yeah. >> visible tattooed or being branded is an indication to law enforcement that the girl is owned or controlled by a pimp. >> she does not look well. she's so tiny. >> i have been so tiny my whole life. >> you are looking skinnier than the last time we saw you. >> you don't remember. >> we remember all too well with. when dunaway was taken in to custody, another woman, sasha, arrested in the same sting offered useful advice. >> doesn't matter. they are going to keep arresting you. it doesn't matter. they are going to call you again tomorrow and they are going to go to jail and they will go back to work. >> at the time dynast

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i don't think they could have -- they could not have engaged in this enterprise without backpage. >> reporter: there are other suspects associated with this sex ring but no word yet on if they are expecting more indictments. tracee wilkins, news4. >> metro gm safety surge currently under way on the red will be extended through sunday and there will be seven new weekend shutdowns on both orange and blue lines. this is happening to do work on the interlockings. more changes are expected to be announced next month. you can see all of the changes over on our nbc washington app. >>> next, a political shakeup after a local mayor is arrested in a sex for drugs sting. what we're learning about his replacement. >>> five years and millions of dollars later, what still needs to be done to fix the national cathedral after the extensive earthquake damage. >>> we're looking at the south and west from northwest d.c. you see clearing out there. it looks like a nice sight tonight. a very nice forecast. the days after that, wait until you see wh i have coming. at woman: i have a masurprise for you.are