the streets eating chili-dogs or popping bubble gum as they peddled their bodies)
             No Candy did not commit murder, Al Palmquist was able to ascertain from Candy that her pimp shot the other girl because she wanted out. When Candy tried to get away, he beat her to a bloody pulp. She gave him the pimp's name and all the information she could on him, but refused the offer of staying at "Midwest Challenge", a rehabilitation center, and safe house.
             Candy refused to see Mr. Palmquist again. She was released to the custody of some distant relatives, but found out later that she had run away again, had disappeared.
             Worrying that he may fail other girls like Candy, Mr. Palmquist began to study the prostitution problem more thoroughly. He discovered that the problem in Minneapolis was worse than most people knew or admitted to. Pimps were everywhere, recruiting hundreds of teenagers every year.
             The city administration tried to discourage them. Younger girls, usually runaways were turned over to juvenile authorities for return home, or placement in foster home. There was scant evidence of preventive or rehabilitative work.
             These girls come from every walk of life. Lynn was twenty years old. She looked over thirty. She came from an upper middle class Minnesota family. As a child she regularly attended Sunday school, was confirmed and joined a teen group at church. Her father bought her anything and everything she wanted. Her mother rarely criticized and never punished any of the children.
             Then why run away? Why prostitution? She felt her parents were too much into themselves. Like her dad said 'I'll buy you anything you want, just don't ask for my time.'
             She was gamed into prostitution without realizing it. Her dad bought her a house as a high school graduation present. She already had an expensive new car. Living high and alone, she began dating a young executive with a large nation...