See the connections.
Ask the questions.
Strengthen the response.
Specialized training, keynote speaking and case consultation on human trafficking, missing and murdered persons, MMIR, and online child exploitation, so professionals can recognize what others may miss and act on what they find.
Complex cases rarely belong to one system.
A missing person may also be experiencing exploitation. A trafficking victim may first come to the attention of a school, an emergency department, a correctional facility or a patrol officer. An unexplained death may hold history that points to trafficking or violence.
Taylor Wencel Consulting bridges the gap between awareness and real-world application, helping agencies recognize those intersections and respond together.
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Where exploitation, disappearance and violence intersect
Human Trafficking
Identification, investigation and response, including trafficking in correctional settings and the criminal justice system.
Missing & Murdered Persons
Connecting trafficking and missing-person histories, supporting active and cold cases, and death investigation response.
MMIR
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives: work alongside local, state, Tribal and federal partners.
Child Sexual Exploitation
CSAM, ICAC-informed perspective, and how offenders use technology to identify vulnerability and gain access.
Sextortion & Online Grooming
How grooming and coercion unfold across social media, gaming and messaging apps, and how trusted adults respond.
Technology-Facilitated Exploitation
Open-source research strategies and an investigative lens on technology-enabled harm.
Victimology & Risk
Vulnerability, risk factors, survival sex, and trauma-informed, victim-centered response.
Systems Response
Protocols, multidisciplinary teams, referral pathways and cross-jurisdictional collaboration.
Train differently. Investigate creatively. Respond collaboratively.
Training & Keynote Speaking
Practical, engaging presentations on difficult subject matter, customized to each audience because every profession encounters victimization differently.
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Case Consultation & Technical Assistance
Another set of trained eyes during case review: gaps, patterns, victimology, risk factors and additional avenues of inquiry, in support of the responsible agency.
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Systems Response & MDT Development
Protocols, case-review processes and multidisciplinary teams that help agencies understand their role, their partners' roles, and what happens next.
Build a ResponseOnline safety, grooming and sextortion education that adults can act on.
Practical education on social media, disclosure and help-seeking, and how trusted adults should respond when a young person reports something concerning. Offered for middle school, high school and college students, educators, school resource officers and caregivers.
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Each role sees a different part of the picture.
Law Enforcement & Investigators
Investigative indicators, victimology, trafficking and exploitation connections, and the questions that need to be asked.
Prosecutors
Victim behavior, grooming, coercion, trauma and the complexities that shape trafficking and exploitation cases.
Correctional Professionals
Recognizing indicators and vulnerability, and communicating information appropriately within a larger system response.
Medical & Mental Health Providers
Victims often disclose to providers first. Learn the indicators, ask appropriate questions and respond without judgment.
Medical Examiners & Death Investigators
Patterns, risk factors and historical exploitation that give context to a death.
Tribal & Community Partners
Tribal and Indigenous-serving organizations, victim service providers, retailers and loss prevention, and community groups.
One perspective, every seat at the table.
Taylor Wencel has built her career at the intersection of human trafficking, missing and murdered persons, Indigenous cases, child sexual exploitation, victim services and criminal justice, including work in domestic violence and sexual assault and with Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC).
She has supported active and cold cases and worked with partners at the local, state, Tribal and federal levels, bringing investigation, prosecution, victim services, corrections, healthcare, education and community response into one view.
Work with TaylorTo turn knowledge into action by equipping professionals, agencies and communities with the training, tools, expertise and partnerships needed to recognize exploitation, strengthen investigations, improve systems, find the missing and seek answers for the murdered.
A future where complex cases are not overlooked because they cross systems or jurisdictions, and where victims and missing persons do not disappear into the gaps between agencies.
Train differently.
Audience-specific content that turns awareness into application.
Investigate creatively.
Look beyond the obvious and ask better questions about people, places and patterns.
Respond collaboratively.
Communicate across systems so every partner knows what happens next.
See what others may miss.
Strengthen the response.
Tell us about your agency, your audience or your case, and we will shape the right training or support.