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>> our interview with heather is briefly interrupted when police walk miko down the hallway. his very presence seems to affect her demeanor dramatically. >> i don't want to take sides on this. i can't -- it's dangerous to take sides on this. >> what do you mean? >> life or death. can we redo that part? >> what do you mean it's life or death? >> as in -- like -- like people i know could get hurt. >> could you get hurt? >> no, no, no. not -- no. >> are you on anything right now? >> no! >> to appreciate the devastating reality that is heather's existence, one needs only to look carefully at the p...

Back at the command post, the young woman known to police as lil barbie must decide whether or not to cooperate. >> we're going to sit down and talk, okay? >> all right. >> don't worry. i'm not a bad guy. all right? >> investigators determine barbie's real identity. despite her initial claim, she is not underage. she is 19-year-old heather jiardan. >> you got kicked out of the house. how old were you? >> 18. my grandma kicked me out because i called her a bitch. >> like her and thousands like her, their path to prostitution began with desperation. >> i was stuck walking the street doing this l...

And back to miko, heather agrees to sit down for an interview. >> so when we first entered the room, you were screaming. >> yeah. i was screaming. >> so you screamed that he raped you. >> well, he forcefully pushed me onto the ground and i didn't know what that was at first. and then he says, you're under arrest after he's on top of me. it was, like, get off me, get off me. so i thought, okay, this is some weird guy just trying to rape me. and i got mad at the cops for doing this. sorry i said that. but of course i didn't mean it. he did not rape me. >> our interview with heather is briefly in...

>> life or death. can we redo that part? >> what do you mean it's life or death? as in, like -- like people i know could get hurt. >> could you get hurt? >> no, no, no. not -- no. >> are you on anything right now? >> no! >> to appreciate the devastating reality that is heather's existence, one needs only to look carefully at the place that serves as her home today. amidst the sex toys, junk food and filth, a search of the squalid hotel room reveals a trove of letters and childlike drawings. heather confirms she is the author of the stories which describe a daily life of torture, agony and sorr...

>> okay. >> so you have to obey. especially a girl my size. >> officers will now offer the teen a different way out. >> if you want out, if you want us to get you in a shelter, get you in a program to get you out of this life, we can. you have a choice. if you want to do that, we'll do that. we'll start making phone calls now, get you hooked up with a shelter and get you a safe place where no one will know where you're at. >> am i being charged with anything tonight? >> no. >> we want to make sure you're safe. >> this is your choice, heather. if you want out now, we'll make phone calls and nob...