Duchesne County Man Arrested For Child Pornography
- Travis Uresk
- Dec 8, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 8, 2022
Posted by Travis Uresk | Dec. 8th, 2022 | Child Pornography |
By Travis Uresk
12/8/22
On Monday, July 11th, 2022, a social media company filed a Cyber Tipline report with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding an account that uploaded and distributed suspected child pornography to the platform.
An IP address was captured for the reported account, and the report was forwarded to the Utah Attorney General's Office - ICAC Task Force.
Under several search warrants and court orders, the owner of the reported account was from 23-year-old Christopher Jacob Manning, who resides in the Duchesne County, Utah area.
ICAC investigators confirmed the suspected files reported to NCMEC.
On November 29, 2022, the ICAC Task Force executed a residential search warrant at the reported Duchesne County residence.
Contact was made with Christopher Post Miranda Warning. Christopher admitted to owning the reported social media account and the associated email address.
Manning admitted to sending and receiving child pornography on the social media platform. Christopher admitted to saving the child pornography that he would obtain on his Samsung Phone.
Christopher was given his Miranda rights and stated he wanted to talk with investigators about this incident. During the interview, he admitted to being aroused by the child pornography he would obtain.
He also admitted to viewing child pornography since the early 2020s. Manning admitted to last viewing child pornography a few weeks ago. Christopher was cooperative but elusive during an interview.
The following description serves as a sample of the large amount of child pornography on Christopher's account. Kik provided eight video files and one pdf file.
Officer Reilley viewed the video titled 83010f6c-0567-4344-a330-435e98fa03c6.mp4 and found that it showed a prepubescent female (Approximately five years old) lying on her stomach bent over a couch with the lower half of her body completely nude. She is holding what appears to be a binky in her right hand. A male that seems to be an adult is also in the video standing behind the little girl. The hairy belly of the man and his male member is also shown in the video. The male is sodomizing the child in the video.
Christopher Jacob Manning was booked into the Duchesne County Jail on eight counts of F2- Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.
Christopher admitted to owning the reported social media account (and associated email), which uploaded and distributed child pornography.
