RE: National Hotline TIP [00766037] Potential minor recruitment and sex trafficking situation in Amagansett, NY
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Case Number: 00766037 For Internal Polaris Use
Date(s)/Time(s) of Contact: reflect all incoming contacts on the case and may not pertain solely to one signaler or the signaler identified
• 2020-07-18 09:35 AM EDT
Signaler Willing to be Contacted by Law Enforcement: No Signaler Contact Information: N/A
The following information was provided by the caller and cannot be verified by the National Hotline.
• Potential minor recruitment and sex trafficking situation in Amagansett, NY
• POTENTIAL VICTIM:
- o Unknown Minor Females
• Names, ages, and quantity unknown
• POTENTIAL TRAFFICKER:
- o Rachel Chandler
• Adult female
• 32 years old
• White
• Blonde hair, petite frame
• Height: 5'3"
• Last known address:
[ ] o Ray Chandler
■ Adult male .
■ Last known address: |
• Situation / Force, Fraud, Coercion:
[ ] o An anonymous caller contacted the Hotline to report the following:
[ ] o Potential traffickers Rachel and Ray Chandler recruited minor females for Jeffery Epstein and Epstein's girlfriend, Maxwell
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- o It is unknown how Ray and Rachel recruit the minors
• It is unknown whether or not the traffickers still recruit minors for others or to sex traffick them
o [ ] Ray and Rachel are believed to be in hiding and are currently living at
o [ ] Additional information cannot be provided at this time
• Other Law Enforcement involved:
- o The anonymous person contacted unspecified FBI officials about the situation but no case or report number are known at this time
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Subject: FW: National Hotline TIP [00766037] Potential minor recruitment and sex trafficking situation in Amagansett, NY
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Negative in our databases. Only positive hit was referenced in the Crisis Hotline-Caller, known as called the hotline on 7/17/2020 to report most of the below information. She stated Rachel Chandler and Maxwell are linked because there's a photo with them together.
Let me know if you need anything else
-Kimberly