After a 15-year-old girl disappeared, her father worried she had been kidnapped and raped by older guys. He went to the Suffolk County Police. They repeatedly ignored his request for an interpreter.
The old guys the daughter was with were later found out to be part of MS-13.
Read our investigation into how the Suffolk County Police handled cases of missing kids: http://bit.ly/2NBljtq
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