UNNAMED GIRL - 1 1/2 yo - / Indicted: Mother Natisha Hillard and boyfriend Christopher M Bour - Gary, IN

Indiana woman charged with selling 1½-year-old daughter for child porn



Lake County, Ind., Sheriff's Department via AP

Christopher M. Bour of Gary, Ind., is one of two people indicted this week on federal charges involving the alleged sale of a young child for use in producing child pornography.

By M. Alex Johnson, staff writer, NBC News


An Indiana woman is charged in a federal indictment with selling her 1½-year-old daughter to a man she met through a dating service for child pornography, according to court documents.

Natisha Hillard, 24, and Christopher M. Bour, 39, both of Gary, are charged in the five-count grand jury indictment unsealed this week and filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Hammond.

Hillard is charged with selling her daughter to Bour knowing the girl "would be portrayed in a visual depiction assisting another person to engage in sexually explicit conduct" and with permitting the girl to participate in the production of child pornography.

Bour is charged with production of child pornography, purchasing a child for production of child pornography and possession of child pornography. The indictment says he used the toddler to "assist him to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction."

The alleged price wasn't disclosed. All of the charges are felonies.

In a criminal complaint filed in the case, the FBI said a woman whom it didn't identify approached it last month to report that Bour, whom she described as a friend, had sent her explicit text messages asking whether she was interested in joining him to "watch me play with a baby tomorrow — a real one."

According to the FBI, the woman, who previously operated a massage parlor, said she visited Bour's home to give him massages. On her second visit, which was about three weeks ago, according to the complaint, she said she saw child porn videos playing on his laptop computer.

At that point, the FBI launched a sting operation. An agent assumed the woman's identity and began new text message conversations with Bour, according to the complaint.

In extremely explicit transcripts included in the court docket, which NBC News is not publishing or linking to, the man identified in the indictment as Bour describes his love of young children and what he liked to do with them sexually.

"Its the best sex I ever had," he is quoted as having written.

At least three video files, all with obscene titles and depicting sex with prepubescent boys and girls, were found on Bour's computer, the FBI said. Image files specifically showing Bour engaging in such behavior were also recovered, the FBI said.

An adult woman could be seen in some of the photos, according to an FBI probable cause filing, which said it was able to identify her as Hillard through a telephone number on Bour's cellphone, which led to her driver's license information in state records. It said Bour confirmed that he knew the woman and said he had met her through a dating service.

Hillard and Bour were being held without bond and were scheduled to be arraigned Monday.

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I just read this. Turned my stomach, made me mad, broke my heart for the little angel. Let's hope they get put away for a very, very long time. William

I just now shed a few tears for the little angel when reading your commet. At least she's alive and out of danger. William

Mother sold baby EIGHT TIMES to man for sex and was in room for most of the meetings

By Daily Mail Reporter  PUBLISHED: 08:39 EST, 28 January 2014


Charged: Natisha Hillard, 25, has pleaded guilty to selling her own baby for sex. She is alleged to have sold the child to Christopher M Bour, 39, who denies the charges

Hillard pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of selling a child for sex and two counts of allowing a child to take part in child pornography.

Hillard was arrested after an acquaintance of Bour went to the FBI. The acquaintance told investigators how Bour allegedly asked her if she wanted to record him sexually touching a child.

When officers conducted a search of Bour's house, they allegedly discovered pornographic images of him with a baby with Hillard visible in the background of some of the pictures.

According to Fox News, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jill Koster said Hillard told police officers she agreed to sell the children to Bour because she needed money.


Northern District of Indiana: Charges were filed against both Hillard and Bour. He will appear before the Hammond District Court on Thursday

She said Hillard told them Bour paid her extra for the last encounter to be alone with the child.

Hillard, who is being held without bond, faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 years to life in prison on the count of selling a child.

Bour, also being held without bond, is charged with buying a child to produce child pornography, producing child pornography and possessing child pornography depicting a child under the age of 12, has pleaded not guilty in the case.

He has a court date scheduled for Thursday morning in U.S. District Court in Hammond.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2547375/Woman-sold-baby-EIGHT-TIMES-man-sex-room-meetings.html

Well at least the mother is going to get a long time in prison.  William