Daniel Boyd Divit from Mesa, Ariz., has been accused of taking explicit videos and photos and performing illicit sex acts on a 2-year-old, police said.
The mother of the alleged victim found the sickening footage on Divit’s cellphone on Sunday and immediately reported the discovery to the authorities.
Divit was arrested Monday evening near University and Country Club Drives, court records showed.
In the videos, an unidentified person is captured performing a sexual act on a child who appeared to be the woman’s daughter. A pillow on the couch seen in the footage was identical to the one at the woman’s home, police said.
The recordings were time-stamped for Saturday, July 18. Both Divit and the girl’s mother affirmed he was babysitting that day.
Investigators obtained a warrant to search the creep’s phone, and said they uncovered 12 more disturbing photos and videos featuring the same victim’s genitals and depicting the same sexual acts, court records said.
Police said the victim was in visible pain.
The additional videos were dated during two Saturdays in August when the girl’s mother was at work.
Results of a forensic examination showed the child’s injuries were consistent with the acts seen on the video, authorities said.
In an interview, the little girl pointed the blame at Divit, court records said.
Divit acknowledged that he was in possession of the incriminating photos and videos, but said he could not remember being present when they were made, authorities said.
Divit is locked up after he was denied bail due to the heinous nature of his alleged crime.
He is expected to be charged with 12 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and seven counts of sexual conduct with a minor, police said.
He made his first appearance in court on Aug. 18.
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