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A Texas man was sentenced to 40 years in prison for attempting
to arrange a liaison where he would rape, kill and eat a 13-year-
old girl.

Alexander Nathan Barter was sentenced late Thursday to federal
charges of attempted coercion, enticement of a minor and
distribution of child pornography. He pleaded guilty to the
charges in December.

Prosecutors say Barter was trolling dark websites in search of
someone that he could rape, kill and then eat, expressing an
interest in cannibalism.

“I’d like to try necrophilia and cannibalism and see how it
feels to take a life. If you would be willing to let me kill
you, are in the U.S. (preferably in the south) and can travel by
car, contact me,” Barter posted on a dark website in October
2018.

An undercover officer saw the ad and responded pretending to be
a father offering his 13-year-old daughter to Barter. Between
Oct. 9, 2018, and Oct. 19, 2018, Barter and the undercover
officer exchanged a series of messages in which Barter repeated
his desire to rape, kill and eat the 13-year-old child.

Barter provided the undercover officer with instructions on
traveling from Florida to Texas, what to tell the child to
convince her to travel and how to conceal evidence of their
crime.

On Oct. 9, 2018, Barter arrived at the designated meet site in
Joaquin Texas, with a knife, trash bag, cellphone and tablet,
according to court documents.

Mark Dawson, a special agent with Homeland Security
Investigations, called the case the “most morally depraved and
appalling criminal conspiracies” he’s come across in his 23
years in law enforcement.

U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox, who filed the charges, said the
case is “the worst of the worst.”

“As this chilling case demonstrates, online talk is not always
just talk,” Mr. Cox said in a statement. “The constant vigilance
of our law enforcement partners has prevented an evildoer from
finding a likeminded accomplice and bringing his grisly plan to
fruition.”

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/18/texas-man- sentenced-40-years-prison-trying-rape-ki/

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