Sold for Sex: Sex trafficking plagues New Mexico women, but no one’s sure how many
Published March 26, 2019
Santa Fe Reporter
Shane Roach bought 23-year-old Dallas Grassbaugh a meal, then drove her to a motel. Inside a room, he took away her cellphone and ID and told her she now belonged to him. Roach advertised Grassbaugh online, offering sex with her in exchange for money, all of which he kept. One day, he drove her into the desert west of Albuquerque and beat her with a pistol, telling her he would bury her there if she tried to leave or if she disobeyed him. Grassbaugh’s waking nightmare is common, and sex trafficking plagues many New Mexico women; however, because there’s no uniform definition of the crime, a lot of it goes undetected.