A Provo man is accused of collecting nude pictures from underage girls as young as 12, from multiple states, and sending messages discussing raping and kidnapping them.
The man, 31, also is accused of urging one girl to kill herself and encouraging others to molest other children.
The man, 31, was charged last month with 43 felony counts in connection with Facebook messages he allegedly exchanged with six girls since 2017.
In the messages he solicited and received, he repeatedly referred to himself as “daddy,” according to charging documents. When he asked one girl, 15, to molest her young nephew, she replied, “I will daddy,” prosecutors wrote.