Alabama man paid $20,000 to sexually abuse a teenage boy

A man from Alabama is accused of paying more than $20,000 to sexually abuse a teen from Honduras who was smuggled by his father into the United States.

Billy Edwards, a 63-year-old from Huntsville, is charged with sex trafficking of a child.

Edwards is accused of molesting the teen for years.

The father brought the teen to the U.S. from Honduras in 2010 when he was 15-years-old and it is alleged that shortly afterwards began to molest him and forced him to have sexual contact with him. 

A mound of evidence is stacking up against Edwards including text messages and pornographic photos, including nude pictures of the teen. 

The teen was apparently paid 13 times from Edwards but had to give the money to his father.

Bank records show that over a period of 15 months some $20,350 was paid to the teen’s dad. 

Nothing outside the home would lead passers-by to suspect any of the alleged sex crimes that were being conducted inside its four walls

However, according to Al.com even after the abuse stopped, Edwards kept making payments because the victim’s father ‘threatened to inform law enforcement about the sexual relationship and payments.’ 

Edwards initially was arrested in September by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office after a search warrant was served at his home.  

The search warrant also turned up a contract between Edwards and the father.

Edwards appeared to agree to pay the teen’s father a further $25,000 for a cellphone that contained incriminating information that the 63-year-old didn’t want police to see.

It is not clear at this stage whether the boy’s father has been arrested however court documents allege the man is guilty of trafficking a child for sex.