HOUSTON
The boyfriend of a 21-year-old woman was horrified by the images and messages he saw on her cell phone and took the phone to police who got a search warrant.
In the images, Julia Michelle Morris is seen holding the child while spreading the child’s legs to expose her genitalia in a lewd and lascivious manner. Another image depicts Morris with her face in between the child’s legs appearing to be performing oral sex on the child, according to authorities.
Morris admitted to victimizing a child under the age of two and sending the images to an unknown third party. She expected to receive $8,000 for the images but was unable to collect the money since the phone was intercepted by her boyfriend, officials said.
U.S. District Court Judge Vanessa Gilmore noted that her sentence took into consideration that Morris will be incarcerated past the victim’s 18th birthday, officials said.
Morris pleaded guilty to the charges on April 27, admitting she exploited a 19-month-old child to produce pornography for an unidentified third party for financial gain, officials said.