BRENT, Ala. —
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Officials are searching for at least 15 additional suspects in a child sex trafficking ring that was found in a Bibb County storm shelter.
Video above: Previous coverage of the investigation
Seven of the eight suspects were arraigned in court on Aug. 15 and pleaded not guilty by mental disease or defect, according to an assistant district attorney. The judge ruled that five of them will remain without bond. The other three have already been denied bond under Aniah's Law.
The assistant district attorney stated that the judge is looking at a group indictment, where the state tries to prove complicity and that they were "all involved at one particular time."
It was stated in court that the children invo