Runaway Teen Slowly Reveals Tale of Horrors While Away

Almost two years ago, a young man stopped on a sidewalk at the South Street Seaport and attached a sign to a pole with duct tape. “Missing,” it read, above a picture of his smiling sister, Joannie, who was 17. “Possibly dyed hair (red).”

"Runaway Teen Slowly Reveals Tale of Horrors While Away" is from the January 15, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael Wilson and narrated by Caroline Miller.