A missing child investigation has ended with a California man facing trafficking charges after he allegedly forced a 14-year-old boy to work long hours for his online resale business for several days before leaving him on the side of a Los Angeles freeway, prosecutors said. Brandon Holguin, 26, of Thousand Oaks , targeted the teen at a thrift store several months before he disappeared, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney ’s Office. The teen, who was not named, was reported missing by family members in May 2025, prosecutors added. Holguin is accused of transporting the boy from an area near his home in Los Angeles County to multiple locations across the region, between May 2 and May 5, 2025. He took the teen’s cellphone and jewelry and sold the items for hundreds of dollars in cash, according to prosecutors. Investigators said Holguin then brought the boy to a motel, where he allegedly forced the teen to sort and take pictures of secondhand clothing items for online resale.…