Armoni Chambers, a 16-year-old from Milwaukee who is believed to be a victim of sex trafficking, was found by her mother and social media activists on Wednesday in Chicago after being missing since May

A missing 16-year-old Milwaukee girl, who is believed to be a victim of sex trafficking has been found in Chicago with the help of a social media manhunt.

Armoni Chambers had been missing for more than a month when her mother, Bonnie Bruno, and Milwaukee activist Tory Lowe tracked her down on Wednesday after seeing a disturbing Facebook live video of the 16-year-old being assaulted by a man.

Bruno claims her daughter ran away to Chicago to meet a man she thought was her boyfriend.

She said the person behind the computer was actually a group of predators who sold Armoni into sex slavery, beating and drugging her to keep her from escaping.

'Her entire time in Chicago was trauma after trauma after trauma,' Bruno told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Friday.

'She was afraid. She thought she was going to die.'

Bruno has given consent for Armoni's name and photo to be shared by news outlets because of the attention the case had already received and because she wants to raise awareness among other parents who may face the same horrible circumstances.

Armoni was reunited with her mother after a disturbing video of the 16-year-old being assaulted by a man was streamed on Facebook Live. Authorities are investigating who filmed it

The video, which was taken down by Facebook but has been reposted by several other users, shows Armoni, who appears to be drugged, being paraded around on a leash

Armoni, left, was reported missing on May 17 by her mother Bonnie Bruno, right. Bruno was concerned because the teen was last seen in an area of West Milwaukee known for prostitution

Armoni was reported missing on May 17 by her mother, who pleaded with Milwaukee police to classify the case as 'critical' because of concerns about the teen's mental health.

Authorities notified the public about her disappearance on June 18 and said that she may have been in an area of West Milwaukee that is known for prostitution, leading Bruno to fear that her daughter may be a victim of sex trafficking.

Soon after a man came forward and said he had seen Armoni board a bus to Chicago.

A May 25 surveillance video from the Greyhound station confirmed his story.

'The trip to Chicago, someone lured her there from social media, told her they were someone that they weren't,' Bruno said.

It is unclear how Armoni met the person online or how long she had been talking to him before going to meet him.

While she was in Chicago, Armoni used a convenience store phone to call her father.

He didn't pick up, called back to get an address from an employee, which he passed to the police.

As the mother became increasingly frustrated with what she saw as a weak effort by the police, she decided to take the search into her own hands.

Milwaukee police listed Armoni as 'critically missing' on June 18 after being pressured by her mother, who was worried about the 16-year-old's mental health

Frustrated with what she saw as a weak effort by the Milwaukee police, Bruno launched an investigation of her own and enlisted the help of well-known activist Tory Lowe, who streamed their search on Facebook Live to raise awareness in the community

She enlisted the help of Tory Lowe, a local activist with more than 50,000 Facebook followers who frequently posts about missing people.

Lowe estimates that he has helped reunite about 130 missing people with their families.

On June 25 the pair set out for Chicago.

Lowe recorded a Facebook live video as they canvassed the neighborhood where Armoni was thought to have been.

As luck would have it, they found a Family Dollar cashier who said she'd visited the store.

Surveillance footage showed Armoni with all of her hair chopped off.

'Now we know this is her; we don't have to guess,' Lowe told the Journal Sentinel. 'She was there and you could see her walking off.'

Surveillance footage showing Armoni at a Family Dollar store in Chicago helped Bruno and Lowe narrow their search for the missing teen

As Bruno and Lowe gathered more information on Armoni's whereabouts and shared it on social media, more people began to take interest in the hunt.

Soon well-known activists Vera Giles Norris, Martin G. Johnson and Natorah El were also streaming live on social media as they continued searching.

'It's starting to become bigger all through Chicago and all through Milwaukee,' Lowe said. 'We're putting this information out there and starting to get tips.'

On June 25 an unknown person posted the Facebook live video of Armoni, who appears lethargic and incoherent as if she's been drugged.

In it she is paraded around on a leash and groped by a man in a backyard as another man records, revealing his face at the end.

DailyMail.com decided to only share a limited portion of the six-minute video which shows the horrendous abuse.

The Facebook Live video that was streamed on Wednesday shows disturbing abuse by one man, left, while another, right, holds the camera, revealing his face at the end

Lowe said: 'The online community was in full effect after that went live. It was only a matter of time before she was found.'

The activists in Chicago tracked down the video's point of origin and reported it to the city police, who found Armoni and brought her to the hospital where she was reunited with her mother.

The two returned home to Milwaukee on Thursday.

Bruno has said she is relieved to have her daughter back despite what she sees as a failure by the Milwaukee police.

'They really dropped the ball on this one,' she said of the department.

Bruno and Lowe spoke about the experience at a press conference on Friday in Milwaukee

Bruno thanked everyone who lent a hand in the search by posting on social media and said she wanted to share her daughter's story to raise awareness among other parents.

'My message for any parent who has a missing child is don't give up,' she said.

Lowe added: 'When we jumped in the car, we didn't know what was going to happen. The fact we were able to bring her home and she's with her mom — I can't even. Words can't explain it.'

Chicago police are currently investigating the video of Lowe being assaulted.