Man connected to Alicia Navarro case gets 100-year prison sentence for sexual abuse of children

PHOENIX — A Montana man who admitted he was the boyfriend of Alicia Navarro, the Glendale girl who went missing for four years, received a 100-year prison sentence for sexual abuse of children, authorities announced Tuesday.

Edmund Davis, 38, will not be eligible for parole for 25 years and had 50 years of his sentence suspended after he pleaded guilty to one count of sexual abuse of children in October of last year, according to the Montana Department of Justice.

The sentencing was the maximum allowed for the count.

Details of Edmund Davis case

Investigators found child sexual abuse material on Davis’ cellphone following a search of his apartment in the small town of Havre.

He later admitted to possessing the materials, which included content involving children under the age of 5.

Navarro had been living with Davis when she turned up at the local police department in July 2023 and asked to be taken off a missing person’s list because she had turned 18 and wanted to begin her life as an adult.

The warrant to search Davis’ apartment came three days after Navarro walked into the police department.

Who is Alicia Navarro?

Navarro, who was diagnosed on the autism spectrum, was days away from her 15th birthday when she disappeared from her family home in Glendale on Sept. 15, 2019.

A day after her disappearance, Navarro’s mother, Jessica Nuñez, found a note on top of Navarro’s desk. The note read: “I ran away. I will be back. I swear. I’m sorry.”

Nuñez and police eventually said her disappearance could be linked to friends she met online.

Davis was later identified as Navarro’s boyfriend, according to charging documents. It’s unclear how long they’d been living together or where else the teen had been during her disappearance.

Little about Navarro’s whereabouts have been made public since July 2023.

An emotional Nuñez posted a video after she turned herself in, saying it was a miracle her daughter was located and said she had only heard of the news an hour before police notified the public.

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