A young mother is missing; her family is determined to save her from human trafficking Long Beach Post News [Video]

On her 22nd birthday, Ruthey Smith’s family and friends gathered Friday under a new billboard in Long Beach to ask the public for help finding her after she’s been missing for nearly three years.

Ruthey, a North Long Beach resident, was last seen the evening of March 2, 2022, in South Los Angeles near the intersection of Figueroa Street and 69th Street.

Her family suspects she was a victim of sex trafficking and has put themselves at great risk trying to find Ruthey — a journey that’s chronicled in the 12-minute mini-documentary above.

Ruthey’s mother, Kathryn Renesto, said she essentially lived out of her car on Figueroa Street for three months after her daughter’s disappearance, she said.

During that time, she had several …