BRONX TEEN SEX SLAVE DIED BY SMOTHERING

Christal Jean Jones, a 16 year old Vermont girl who was found dead in a Bronx brothel and linked with an interstate sex-slave ring, was smothered to death.  Cops originally thought she might have died of a drug overdose after her body was found inside a Zerega Avenue apartment on January 3rd.  She is believed to be one of at least 10 troubled girls lured to the Big Apple with promises of big bucks and big-city excitement, only to find themselves thrust into a world of squalor, prostitution and violence.