In a case that has stunned the Grand Strand, testimony from a March 2026 court hearing tied to the June 2025 death of an 11-year-old girl has pulled back the curtain on what prosecutors say was a human-trafficking operation in Horry County, South Carolina. Authorities say video and witness testimony show repeated abuse of children inside a Carolina Forest home, that minors were forced to do unpaid cleaning work at medical clinics, and that prosecutors detailed a punishment the adults allegedly called the “upper room treatment,” which meant taking a child into an upstairs bathroom and essentially waterboarding them.
Investigation unfolds after child’s death
According to WMBF, 15th Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson confirmed that the girl, identified…..