Since our inception, all Children of the Night programs have been exclusively funded by private donors. Carlos Curtis. In , as a Ph. While documenting the number of female and male prostitutes and the small number of customers, she was struck by the fact the most common age of female prostitutes was 19 years old. This led Lee to the streets of Hollywood where she asked young prostitutes if they were really She was struck by the number of children using false identification provided by a pimp to avoid juvenile hall if arrested β thus they could be easily bailed out as adults.
A young prostitute defendant Lee met while testifying in the court challenge of police practices of arrests for prostitution called Lois Lee one evening.
She told Lee of a young girl she sent to meet a man for prostitution. The girl had not returned and the address the man provided did not exist in the Thomas Guide nor was he answering the phone number he provided. These and other unusual circumstances created an alarm of danger.
Lois Lee tracked the information provided by the caller, relying on the expertise she had cultivated in interviews with prostitutes, police and from the police reports she researched and identified the location of the male caller.
In the early morning hours, the reporter went to the location and confirmed the facts Lois presented. The next morning it was confirmed the young girl was Hillside Strangler Victim 11βshe was only 17 years old.
