Jury convicts Boone County woman of sex trafficking her daughter
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Boone County jury convicted a Rocheport woman of sex trafficking her own daughter after an afternoon of deliberations Friday.
Renee M. Collins, 54, was convicted of sexual trafficking of a child, child endangerment, child abuse and accessory to rape after a week-long trial at the Boone County Courthouse. Collins was charged in August 2018.
A manager at the Welcome Inn, where the crimes reportedly took place, told ABC 17 News at the time that she contacted authorities when she noticed suspicious behavior in Collins' room.
An investigation began after the FBI received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that a girl was being left in a room at the Welcome Inn with strange men, according to a probable cause statement filed in the case. A witness told Columbia Police Department investigators on July 7, 2017 that Collins had been offered cocaine in exchange for the girl having sex with two men, the statement said.
She suffers from cerebral palsy, autism and mental disabilities, is partially deaf and uses leg braces because of club feet, the statement said. A case worker also told investigators the girl functions at the level of a 2-year-old or 3-year-old child and requires care around the clock.
