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PROVO — A Provo police detective has been honored for investigating the case of a mother accused of allowing a registered sex offender to abuse her young daughter for years while receiving money and gifts from him.
Detective Dalton Carmichael received the Rescue of the Year Award this week from the Internet Crimes Against Children task force.
"There is no doubt that he and Provo (Special Victims Unit) made a difference in this little girl's life," said task force commander Sete Aulai.
On Sept. 4, Provo police received a tip that a Provo woman was uploading videos to Kik of herself sexually abusing her 10-year-old daughter. Police identified the woman and learned that for several years, she had allegedly allowed a Nevada man to sexually abuse her daughter in exchange for gifts.
Working with several agencies, Carmichael was able to arrest Chris Alan Seamann, 52, in Mesquite, Nevada, and have him extradited to Utah where he was charged in 4th District Court with sodomy on a child, rape of a child, three counts of sexual abuse of a child and lewdness involving a child.
The girl's 43-year-old mother was charged with 44 felony crimes, including 16 counts of human trafficking of a child, 16 counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a child, eight counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, rape of a child, sodomy on a child, object rape of a child and lewdness involving a child.
"We are proud of detective Carmichael, our entire Special Victims Unit team, and partner agencies who work tirelessly to seek justice for the most vulnerable in our community," the Provo Police Department said.
