Name: 23-year-old Woman charged with human trafficking
Uploaded: 7/19/2019 5:14:00 PM
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Description: Rachel Shearer was booked into the Knox County Jail Wednesday. According to court records, the victim said Shearer and a man took her from Baltimore to Knoxville to work as a prostitute in hotels in the Merchants Ave. area.

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