Montesano woman accused of sexually exploiting infant boy

SEATTLE -- Police arrested a 20-year-old Montesano woman Wednesday for allegedly taking pornographic photos of an infant boy.
Myriah L. Moreland is accused of trading the sexually explicit photos with a 20-year-old Spanaway man named Christopher M. Dupea.
Detectives from the Washington State Patrol Missing and Exploited Children's Task Force began investigating the case after getting a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The detectives say Moreland and Dupea used social networking websites to trade a number of images of child pornography. Moreland also allegedly admitted to Dupea that she had engaged in sexual acts with the boy.
"There were both images and videos that quite frankly are disturbing, to say the least. Even some of our most tenured and seasoned detectives hadn't seen images like those ever," said Lt. Ron Mead of the Investigative Assistance Division.
The detectives traced Moreland to her Montesano home and, with help from local police, arrested her late Wednesday afternoon.
She's being held in Grays Harbor County Jail on $20,000 bail and is facing charges of sexual exploitation of a minor and possession/distribution of child pornography. Detectives are still searching her computer and more charges could be pending.
Dupea was arrested Thursday at his Spanaway home and booked into Pierce County Jail. He's facing charges of possession/distribution of child pornography.
Myriah L. Moreland is accused of trading the sexually explicit photos with a 20-year-old Spanaway man named Christopher M. Dupea.
Detectives from the Washington State Patrol Missing and Exploited Children's Task Force began investigating the case after getting a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The detectives say Moreland and Dupea used social networking websites to trade a number of images of child pornography. Moreland also allegedly admitted to Dupea that she had engaged in sexual acts with the boy.
"There were both images and videos that quite frankly are disturbing, to say the least. Even some of our most tenured and seasoned detectives hadn't seen images like those ever," said Lt. Ron Mead of the Investigative Assistance Division.
The detectives traced Moreland to her Montesano home and, with help from local police, arrested her late Wednesday afternoon.
She's being held in Grays Harbor County Jail on $20,000 bail and is facing charges of sexual exploitation of a minor and possession/distribution of child pornography. Detectives are still searching her computer and more charges could be pending.
Dupea was arrested Thursday at his Spanaway home and booked into Pierce County Jail. He's facing charges of possession/distribution of child pornography.
Just like many of the other posts, I am speachless.Â
What the...just when you think you've heard it all.Â
Sterilize her....
I'm just speechless.... WTH??? 6 months old?? This woman is just pure evil!! Get a rope!!
I agree with all of the folks who are calling for the baby to be adopted by a decent couple. And it may be early enough that he won't have any conscious or subconscious memories of this nightmare.
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I don't even want to know exactly what she did. Shoot, shoot to kill not repairable.WTF ? really.
There are just somethings I wouldn't even think would be possible and this is one of them. I really don't even know what to say 'cause words can't express. Since I know they'll find a way to get out, just shoot both their privates so bad that they can't breed ever again!
What a couple of sick pukes. Â Poor baby.
Some people make me sick!! This is EXACTLY why we need to allow stoning as a punishment. I'd love to break her face with a big rock. As a mother, nothing sickens me more than seeing a child abused and sexually assaulted, ESPECIALLY by the person who gave birth and was supposed to protect that child.
I think I just threw up a little in my mouth. Really? 6 months old? Please remove the child and sever all parental rights and adopt the child out to a decent family. With all the terrific people who want kids and will treat them well but can't have them, it is sad that a waste of human skin such as this can produce children at will. I weep for this child if they ever give him back.
Sick and both adults deserve to go to jail forever. I won't say anyone's outrage is unjustified. I will say that I stop short at the whole "no trial just shoot 'em" thing because I know that there are those falsely accused in our society. This story is sad and these people certainly sound guilty. We need to work to strengthen our laws and put the worst offenders far away from society forever.
Side note : sexual and physical abuse of infants is happening more frequently than you might think. Anyone else recall the recent story of the woman who caught her husband sexually abusing their infant daughter after installing a nanny cam? I think that any sexual contact with any child is reprehensible and most of us are appalled by it. But I want to point out that this is not a new thing folks. Infants lack the capacity to report it and a lot of abusers are more secretive than these two were. I was molested by a doctor at age 4 and I'm certain it is because he thought I was too young to tell anyone.
@two loons You're right, this has been going on for a long time in days before cameras, you had to basically catch them in the act. I'm sorry this happened to you at 4. :(
SPEECHLESS!!! which I never am. These sick POS's should be sentenced to death immediately. No right to a trial and no rights PERIOD. It's tme we start setting examples out of this type of trash!!! When there is obvious evidence trash like this should not be entitled to a trial. A COMPLETE WASTE OF TAX PAYER MONEY!!Â
How utterly disgusting.
when oh when will it be open season of these Fing pukes, not only should it be legal, but you should be rewarded for hunting them
I thought I had heard it all...how truly sick & evil people can get, but this is the worst, I just can't imagine anything more criminal, seems this world is advancing from "Bad to Worse" everyday we read of something worse than we read the day before, truly a sad,sad thing, I agree with Olivia, maybe public lynching would be a solution.
I bet she gets him back after jail time and "rehabilitation" :/
really? one more terrible fact is i bet this Mother of The Year pumps out many many more babies.
This is the most disgusting, filthy, dirty, worthless excuse for a human I have ever heard of, how can they even call her a mother, what a truly evil, vial, worthless, waste of space this creature takes up, this should be  a capitol offence, there is nothing worse than child abuse of small, helpless, innocent baby's,  what will it take to stop these animals? public lynchings?
Who would find a 6 month old sexually attractive? For those that do, there is no repair hang em high. For this trash she needs to have her uterus removed and child taken away forever along with some hard jail time. Sick people!!!!!
 @alildifferent I'm not sure what takes a picture of a nude infant to the level of pornography but I'm glad they got her locked up and I'm glad I hopefully will never have to find out the answer for myself.
This makes me physically sick. I hope that little boy finds a good home...heck, I'll take him! And I hope that mother never see's the outside of a prison cell in her life. I am embarrassed to be of the same species as she is.....
Tie a cinder block around BOTH of their necks, and drop them in the Sound. There should be ZERO mercy for child predators.....period.
Get yer prison prom dress ready, Myriah.......yer dance card is filling up fast!!!!
Lock this grandma in a room with this POS of a mother for 30 seconds, and I'll guarantee you that one of us will be walking out of that room and it would not be her. Totally disgusting to say the least.
Leaves me speechless that a mother could do whatever it was to her own infant... Â sickening world we're living in.
Um,,,,,,,what kind of sexual thing CAN someone do with a 6 month old ???
The very concept boggles the mind,,,,,,,and is more'n a little disturbing.
It DOES sound as tho this person's liscense to breed should be revoked !!!!!
Another prime candidate for forced sterilization for the pariah Myriah. Legislation should be created for such monstrous "mothers" to never having the ability of giving birth. Beyond depraved this creature is.
I was just thinking....Would the child be safer with the dirtbag mother, or child protective services? Kind of a toss up.
It takes an incredibly disturbed person to be sexually aroused by ANY child, but a 6 month old? An infant? Disgusting. Absolutely sickening.Â
 @LunchWithABear Also absolutely unfixable, except with a bullet to the head.Â
Please separate this mother from her child, as of yesterday. Are you kidding me?