UPDATE | Victim testifies in prostitution case

YOUNGSTOWN — The victim in the David Kalna human trafficking case was shaking as she was sworn in today.

Prosecutors said the victim, now 18 and a relative of Kalna's, was sold to co-defendant Alex Ramirez for sex to help feed Kalna's drug habit.

Opening statements in the case began today before Judge R. Scott Krichbaum in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

Kalna faces charges of compelling prostitution and trafficking in persons.

The victim said Kalna began selling her to Ramirez when she was 15 and the abuse continued until she was 16. Ramirez lived next door to Kalna on South Lakeview Avenue.

Ramirez has been missing since he and Kalna were indicted earlier this year.