Children Drugged in Human Trafficking Sex Ring Uncovered in Underground Bunker, Officials Say
BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA, JUL 20 – Seven suspects, including family members, face charges of rape, human trafficking, and sexual torture involving at least six children held captive and abused in an underground bunker in Alabama.
- On July 11, 2025, three men from Brent, Alabama, were indicted for sexually abusing minors who were held in a concealed bunker within Bibb County.
- The Bibb County Sheriff's Office launched an investigation on February 4, 2025, following reports of child sexual abuse involving six children aged 3 to 10 in a storm shelter used as a bunker.
- William Chase McElroy and Dalton Terrell face several charges, including first-degree rape, sodomy, human trafficking, and kidnapping, while Andres Trejo-Velazquez has been indicted on six separate counts related to first-degree human trafficking.
- Sheriff Jody Wade emphasized that Bibb County will not accept such unacceptable actions, and those responsible will be prosecuted as harshly as the law allows, while the victims remain in state care and additional arrests are anticipated.
- The indictments and arrests highlight ongoing multi-agency efforts to protect abused children and suggest additional suspects may be identified as the investigation continues.
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Reeling over alleged child sex ring, Alabama community asks: ‘Did no one know?’
CENTREVILLE, Ala. - Inside a small Presbyterian church off the courthouse square, a few dozen people packed the pews on a hot summer evening, their faces a mix of sweat and tears. There were Baptists and Methodists and some who claimed no denomination at all, heads bowed and eyes closed in a rare show of interfaith unity amid criminal allegations considered so evil that some openly wondered if Satan himself had taken up residence here.
At Least 10 Children Ages 2-15 Rescued After Being Held in Bunker and Raped and Sexually Tortured for 3 Years - Seven Adults Arrested in Sex Trafficking Ring
At least ten children, from ages 2 to 15, were locked in an Alabama storm bunker and sexually tortured and trafficked by their parents for three years.
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