By Wayne Gates
A Bethel man will spend 30 years in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of child rape in Brown County Common Pleas Court.
Roy Davidson will be 89 years old before being eligible for parole. He entered a guilty plea before Common Pleas Judge Scott Gusweiler on July 19.
Davidson originally faced 29 felony child sex charges after being indicted in May.
The charges involved two victims and included four counts of Rape, ten counts of Illegal Use of a Minor in Nudity-Oriented Material or Performance, two counts of Endangering Children, three counts of Gross Sexual Imposition and ten counts of Pandering Obscenity Involving a Minor.
“Two siblings were at Children’s Hospital disclosing sexual abuse and identified Mr. Davidson as the perpetrator,” Brown County Prosecuting Attorney Zac Corbin told The News Democrat last May.
“That ultimately led to a search warrant being executed at Mr. Davidson’s residence based on some of the information that was disclosed. Multiple items were found, including electronic devices which did contain images which led to charges being filed,” Corbin said.
“From there, it was sort of a dual investigation between Children’s Services and the Brown County Sheriff’s Office. The communication between the investigators, our office and the Sheriff’s Office was textbook,” he added.
Corbin described how the evidence against Davidson was gathered.
“On a Friday evening, we executed search warrants and Detective (Quinn) Carlson went out and found phones and other electronic devices, came back and got more search warrants to extract the data. He was in the office until about 2 a.m. It’s that kind of approach that’s essential to solving these cases.”
Corbin said that multiple images of the two victims and other children were discovered in Davidson’s alleged possession.
Corbin said that the other evidence will be forwarded to other authorities.
“When the case is concluded, we will give what we have to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which is part of the FBI.”
