A California babysitter faces charges for allegedly abusing an 8-month-old girl and sending disturbing images of the victim online, all at the direction of a man who received the photos via social media, according to authorities.
Michelle Hidalgo, 28, is accused of sexually abusing the girl after the man asked her to do “increasingly worse” things to the baby and then documented it, authorities said in court records obtained by the East Bay. Times.
The Antioch resident was initially charged last month with seven counts of allegedly “production and distribution of child pornography,” the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office said in a Sept. 26 news release.
He now faces three additional counts of child abuse of a victim under the age of 10 and a single count of using a minor for sexual acts, according to charging documents filed last week.
A search warrant served at Hidalgo’s home last month led authorities to confiscate equipment used in the disturbing case, prosecutors said.
Hidalgo, who was a part-time babysitter for the victim’s family, allegedly admitted to sharing the images and told an investigator it was a “stupid” mistake she only made once, according to records reviewed by the East Bay. Times.
Hidalgo faces multiple charges for the heinous crime. Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office
Checking her online account, investigators discovered that Hidalgo was allegedly chatting with a man who requested more lewd photos of the baby, the local outlet reported, citing records.
The babysitter also allegedly said she would sexually abuse the child through oral sex, according to the affidavit also reported by KTVU.
Hidalgo insisted she did not abuse the baby when confronted by detectives before the latest charges were filed, the station reported.
But investigators found evidence that was a lie when police searched his iCloud account, prosecutors reportedly alleged.
She is accused of sharing disturbing images with a man via a social media platform. Facebook
Officials were originally alerted to alleged abuse by a social media company on Sept. 21 that sexually explicit materials depicting a young child were being shared on the platform, the district attorney’s office said.
The victim’s parents said they connected with Hidalgo through Care.com and did not know her before hiring her, police said, according to the East Bay Times.
She could be sentenced to 60 years in prison if convicted and remains behind bars on $2.7 million bail.
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