A guilty plea from Matthew Gamel, 36, showed that he sexually abused the victim and filmed it at least four times. The person who was hurt was younger than 14 years old. In addition to the tapes he made, Gamel had more than 1,700 media files from the internet that showed sexual abuse of children.
The FBI’s Acting Special Agent in Charge in St. Louis, Chris Crocker, said, “We are pleased with today’s sentencing and appreciate the hard work and partnership with the Pevely Police Department to bring justice to the victim.” “We hope this will help the healing process after the defendant horribly hurt a young child who was easily hurt.”
In February, Gamel pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count of sexual abuse of a minor and one count of receiving child pornography.
Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk of the U.S. District Court in Pevely, Missouri, gave a man 40 years in jail on Wednesday for recording himself sexually abusing a child.