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Our own. >> today's operation is comprehensive, tapping on both the supply and the demand side of the sex for sale equation and focusing primarily on the digital street corner that is backpage.com. >> first of all, there's hundreds of sites out there. back backpage has taken a hit because they're the largest. they're making millions of dollars off that. they know what's going on. they've acknowledged what's going on. they're not going to make an effort to stop it because they're making so much money. >> the cook county task force also includes crisis counselors like brenda powell a former pros...

A serial killer is on the loose hunting and killing two women at a time. >> there was a connection between three of the four deceased to a website called backpage and the aha came very quickly. >> on december 26th, chief godbee calls a press conference to alert the community of the clear and present danger to alert the public of the backpage killer. >> there is someone praying on women of a certain age that have utilized that page or maybe other similar websites. >> this tie for us is disconcerting. >> from a clear investigative standpoint, we could have sent that person underground. but it wo...

Their life. it is no reason for any deviant individual to manipulate a system and hurt someone that does not deserve to die. so we wanted to make sure when they became public, we were not passing a moral assessment on the loved one, but because of the nature of the business on backpage, it would have been wrong not to let the public know. >> the websites facilitate human trafficking. >> regardless of the disclaimers, the reality is the

They were not prostitutes. >> they were young girls that had goals in life. my daughter was a mother. my niece worked. and they just wanted to go out and have a good time like most young girls do. >> in fact, there is no backpage link to demesha hunt. and there was no logical reason to sell her body for cash. >> they have a very large family. everybody helps everybody. if either one of them needed anything they could have gotten it. >> but as far as them meeting with someone on an escort to get a couple of dollars, no, i don't believe that at all. >> but police say renisha landers, and two of ...

Two more women and spreading fear in the streets of detroit. >> it's alarming, and obviously women in the city of detroit were very concerned. are these random acts? is it someone just snatching people off of the street? >> investigators discover a crucial circumstantial link. three of the four had posted personal ads on the website backpage.com. >> there was a tie to those ads for an escort service, it helped us understand who the targets are. >> it helped them, but it riles the families who bristle at the implication that their daughters may have been selling sex online. >> they were not pro...