A woman feared she'd never see her young child again unless she complied with her husband's scheme to sell her sexual services on Craigslist , authorities said Wednesday.
After paid sexual encounters in eight states, the woman sought help by calling a national anti-sex trafficking hot line, said Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart , who was notified of the woman's plight on March Her desperate plea led to the arrest Sunday in Chicago of her husband, year-old Clinton Danner.
The Rockford , Minn. Dart and other law enforcement agents have repeatedly accused the online site of promoting prostitution in its ads. In the latest case, the woman told investigators her husband regularly posted ads, promoting her for sex. She claimed he would arrange the encounters, then demand she immediately deposit the money she was paid into his bank account.
He was arrested at a downtown Chicago hotel when he arrived with the child to pick up his wife after what he assumed was her weekend of prostitution. The man controlled his wife with threats to their child, convincing her she would never see their preschooler again if she didn't take part, Dart said. He had been some type of counselor to her at one stage when she was young.
At some point, they had the child. The town sits on the Crow River, surrounded by rolling farm fields and subdivisions. Headline-grabbing crimes are rare. It isn't clear whether he has an attorney.
