Seven charged in child sex ring run out of Alabama concrete bunker, sheriff says
At least some of the 10 victims, ranging in age from 3 to 15, were sometimes restrained and incapacitated for people who paid for sexual contact, authorities alleged.
Dennis Romero | July 25, 2025 | 9:49 PM EDTSeven people have been charged in connection with an alleged sex trafficking operation that Alabama officials say was run out of a concrete bunker and involved children as young as 3.
The case includes charges of rape, sexual torture, kidnapping, and human trafficking, and officials allege the abuse took place in a cinder block building in Brent, Alabama, 50 miles southwest of Birmingham, Bibb County Sheriff Jody Wade said at a news conference Wednesday.
He called the alleged abuse and torture “the most horrible thing I’ve ever seen” perpetrated against children.
“I know god’s forgiveness is boundless,” Wade said. “But if there was a limit to it, I think we’ve reached it.”
He said the operators of the sex abuse ring charged people to come to the bunker and abuse the children, adding that the operation may have made $1,000 a night.
“Sometimes, the children would be there, tied to a pole that was there, bound to a bed that was there, or in a chair that was there,” Wade said. “Sometimes, there would be multiple people that would come by and victimize these children on a nightly basis.”
An image of the inside of the bunker, released by the sheriff’s office, showed a filthy mattress in a corner, a folding chair and a fan.
The sheriff also alleged the children were sometimes drugged “to make them a little bit more drowsy and a little bit more compliant.”
An animal shock collar was used to punish the children, according to complaints obtained by NBC News affiliate WVTM of Birmingham.
Wade said the suspects include relatives of some of the 10 alleged victims, who range in age from 3 to 15.The children are in the custody of the state, said Robert H. Turner, Jr., the district attorney for the 4th Judicial Circuit of Alabama. . .
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How could someone do this to their own family member? Lord, please heal these children. Restore in them who You made them to be.
