In Montana, a man named Edmund Davis, 36, was recently arrested on charges related to child sexual abuse. He had been living with a teenager, Alicia Navarro, who had disappeared from her Arizona home four years ago. Davis pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of child sexual abuse based on images found on his cellphone.
Davis, held on a $1 million bail, awaits further legal proceedings after his public defender expressed intent to file a motion for a bail reduction hearing. While Davis faces serious charges, authorities have not labeled him as a suspect in Navarro's 2019 disappearance.
Navarro, diagnosed with autism, vanished just days before her 15th birthday, triggering a wide-scale search involving the FBI. She reappeared almost four years later, walking into a Montana police station at the age of 19, requesting removal from the missing persons list.
Investigations revealed that Navarro had traveled approximately 1,400 miles from her Arizona home to Havre, Montana. Law enforcement discovered disturbing images of child sexual abuse on Davis' cellphone, including images involving infants and toddlers, through warrants obtained in Arizona.
Davis faces severe charges for possessing such images, which carry mandatory sentences ranging from 25 to 100 years in prison. Navarro's mother, Jessica Nuñez, had previously speculated that her daughter might have been lured away by someone online due to her autism diagnosis.
Neighbors confirmed Davis had been residing with Navarro for about a year. Despite Navarro's reappearance, a woman resembling her declined to confirm her identity when approached by a reporter and expressed a desire for privacy.
The couple swiftly moved out of their apartment once their location became public through media reports.
Trent Steele, a private investigator aiding Nuñez in the search, mentioned that Navarro was in a secure place but refrained from divulging further details.
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