Man connected to Alicia Navarro case pleads guilty to sexual abuse of children
Oct 2, 2024, 6:18 PM
(Photos via Glendale Police Department)
PHOENIX — The man connected to Alicia Navarro, the Glendale girl who went missing for four years, has pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of children in Montana, authorities said.
Edmund Davis, 37, pleaded guilty to the charge on Monday after investigators found child sexual abuse material on his cellphone, according to the Montana Attorney General’s Office.
Davis admitted to possessing the materials, which included content involving children under the age of 5, following a search at his apartment in Havre in July 2023.
Navarro had been living with Davis when she turned up at the local police department 15 months ago 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.
Davis could face up to 100 years in prison. His sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 16.
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.”
There was no immediate reason for Navarro to disappear without notice.
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.