# @newsday on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DPjUmXsDCSG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/38325714-newsday-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-08T14:39:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Newsday • Long Island News (@newsday) — https://gondola.cc/newsday

## Caption

Elected leaders on Long Island are asking for an inquiry into how a 14-year-old Patchogue girl was allegedly sex trafficked while missing for 25 days on the Island after her family pleaded with county officials for help.

Looming large over this girl’s case is whether new county safeguards failed after the 2020 killing of 8-year-old Thomas Valva, who was forced to sleep in a freezing garage by his NYPD officer father and his fiance. "After things that have happened in the past, I think it's important that we ensure that we're doing our due diligence to get those answers," a Suffolk County Legis said.

Read about what other local politicians had to say about the girl’s case at the link in our bio. (Photos: Jeff Bachner, Neville Harvey and Newsday Staff)
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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vinnie Matula | @vinmatula | https://gondola.cc/vinmatula | Social Media Manager |
| Newsday • Long Island News | @newsday | https://gondola.cc/newsday | Reporter/Journalist |

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