A Strathcona County toddler has been rescued from suspected sexual exploitation, and the child's mother has been charged, police said.
The child was rescued on Saturday after police received a tip from the FBI in the United States 48 hours earlier detailing prolific and ongoing sexual abuse of a young child in Alberta.
The alleged sexual abuse was uncovered after the arrest of Brian Davis, 30, in Yuba City, Calif., in October who is accused of performing sexual acts on a victim under the age of 10 and possession of obscene matter involving a manor in sexual acts with the intent to distribute, ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation unit said.
Investigators discovered the man had been communicating through the social media platform Kik with a woman somewhere in the Edmonton region.The 35-year-old mother of the child has been charged with:Making child pornography;
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