Tattoo Helps Sex Trafficking Victim Begin to Find Herself, Freedom Again Dan Rascon - KUTV
go to original July 12, 2016

A Salt Lake City woman who was allegedly kidnapped, beaten, sexually assaulted, had her head shaved and was forced to get a tattoo said she finally feels somewhat whole again. That's because her tattoo which read, "Property of Matt D. Lyon" is finally covered up.

"It's amazing to be able to feel like a person again," said Gloria Roberts, 32, at Oni Tattoo shop in Salt Lake City after getting a cover up tattoo.

"Whenever I saw it I would break down or it was a trigger, I would have a flashback. It was a constant reminder of what I went through and I was nothing."

According to charging documents from Cochise County in Arizona, Matt D. Lyon is charged with 14 counts, which include all the above along with sex trafficking, which Roberts believes was Lyon's underlying motive.

Roberts has set up a go fund me account to help donate to some of the services she received to help her.

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