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Navajo Child Sex Abuse and Kidnapping Suspect Pleads Guilty
ALBUQUERQUE – A 67-year-old non-Indian man from New Mexico has pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse and kidnapping charges involving a Navajo child.
William Detwiler of Vanderwagon, N.M., pleaded guilty to a felony information charging him with abusive sexual contact and kidnapping in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M.
Under the terms of his plea agreement, Detwiler will be sentenced to between 120 to 150 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
Detwiler will also be required to register as a sex offender after completing his prison sentence.
The guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division, and New Mexico State Police Chief Pete N. Kassetas.
Detwiler was arrested on May 31, 2016, on a four-count indictment charging him with two counts of aggravated child sexual assault and two counts of kidnapping.
According to the indictment, Detwiler kidnapped an Indian child under the age of 16 years and sexually abused the victim on two occasions between Nov. 2013 and June 2014.
The case was investigated by the Gallup office of the FBI and the New Mexico State Police, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nicholas Marshall and Novaline D. Wilson as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.
Key Facts
- State: New Mexico
- Category: Sex Crimes|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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