Man tried to buy girl, 11, ‘so he could impregnate her’

A Kansas man has been accused of trying to buy a little girl with cash and drugs so he could have sex with her and then impregnate her and keep the baby.

Ernest Merle Anziana was indicted on Tuesday by a Franklin County grand jury on human trafficking charges. 

Franklin Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Zach Becker said the 48-year-old man was arrested after the Kentucky Attorney General’s Cyber Crimes Branch launched an investigation pretending that there was an 11-year-old girl for sale, the Lexington Herald-Leader reports. 

Anziana took the bait and allegedly tried to purchase the child for $250 and a quantity of crystal meth.

Becker said Anziana’s intent was to have sex with the girl and ‘impregnate the 11-year-old and keep that child as well’.

He was also indicted on five counts of unlawful use of electronic means to induce a minor to engage in illegal activities, according to the Lexington Herald Leader. Becker said the devices used to ‘procure’ the little girl included a cellphone and a tablet.

Anziana is currently being held in Kansas awaiting extradition to Kentucky on a $250,000 bond. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison.        

According to records by the Kansas Department of Corrections, Anziana has three prior convictions for aggravated incest.  

Franklin Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Zach Becker (pictured) said Anziana wanted to have sex with the girl, impregnate her and keep the child. Anziana faces up to 20 years if convicted